diff --git a/internal/controllers/resources/collect.go b/internal/controllers/resources/collect.go
index 78abd709..66496d6c 100644
--- a/internal/controllers/resources/collect.go
+++ b/internal/controllers/resources/collect.go
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ func (co *Collector) AddToAccumulation(
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := co.validateClusterScopedObjectAllowed(opts, obj, ns); err != nil {
+	if err := co.validateClusterScopedObjectAllowed(opts, obj); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ func (co *Collector) CollectForNamespace(
 
 		// Rejected upfront, before imposing the target Namespace on a copy which could never
 		// be applied as such.
-		if err := co.validateClusterScopedObjectAllowed(opts, obj, target); err != nil {
+		if err := co.validateClusterScopedObjectAllowed(opts, obj); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 
@@ -444,12 +444,8 @@ func GatherAdditionalMetadata(
 //
 // Cluster-scoped objects remain replicable through the None and Tenant scopes, which impose
 // no target Namespace at all.
-func (co *Collector) validateClusterScopedObjectAllowed(
-	opts CollectorOptions,
-	obj *unstructured.Unstructured,
-	ns *corev1.Namespace,
-) error {
-	if opts.AllowClusterScopedObjects && ns == nil {
+func (co *Collector) validateClusterScopedObjectAllowed(opts CollectorOptions, obj *unstructured.Unstructured) error {
+	if opts.AllowClusterScopedObjects {
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -458,18 +454,11 @@ func (co *Collector) validateClusterScopedObjectAllowed(
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if isNamespaced {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	if !opts.AllowClusterScopedObjects {
+	if !isNamespaced {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cluster-scoped kind %s/%s is not allowed", obj.GetAPIVersion(), obj.GetKind())
 	}
 
-	return fmt.Errorf(
-		"cluster-scoped kind %s/%s cannot be replicated into the Namespace %s",
-		obj.GetAPIVersion(), obj.GetKind(), ns.GetName(),
-	)
+	return nil
 }
 
 // Handles a single generator item.
diff --git a/internal/controllers/resources/collect_test.go b/internal/controllers/resources/collect_test.go
index 9c96563f..4fc020d4 100644
--- a/internal/controllers/resources/collect_test.go
+++ b/internal/controllers/resources/collect_test.go
@@ -81,33 +81,6 @@ func TestCollectorAddToAccumulationClusterScopedObjects(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 
-	t.Run("rejects cluster scoped object targeting a namespace", func(t *testing.T) {
-		t.Parallel()
-
-		acc := processor.Accumulator{}
-		obj := newUnstructured("v1", "Namespace", "", "example")
-
-		opts := CollectorOptions{
-			Accumulator:               acc,
-			AllowClusterScopedObjects: true,
-		}
-
-		target := &corev1.Namespace{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "tenant-a"}}
-
-		err := collector.AddToAccumulation(nil, target, opts, capsuleResourceSpec(), obj, "test", true)
-		if err == nil {
-			t.Fatal("expected error, got nil")
-		}
-
-		if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "cannot be replicated into the Namespace tenant-a") {
-			t.Fatalf("expected a namespaced replication error, got %v", err)
-		}
-
-		if len(acc) != 0 {
-			t.Fatalf("expected object not to be accumulated, got %d items", len(acc))
-		}
-	})
-
 	t.Run("keeps allowing namespaced object targeting a namespace", func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Parallel()