diff --git a/src/pkg/cluster/namespace.go b/src/pkg/cluster/namespace.go
index c65c968d0e..997247bfa9 100644
--- a/src/pkg/cluster/namespace.go
+++ b/src/pkg/cluster/namespace.go
@@ -67,5 +67,6 @@ func AdoptZarfManagedLabels(labels map[string]string) map[string]string {
 		labels = make(map[string]string)
 	}
 	labels[ZarfManagedByLabel] = "zarf"
+	delete(labels, AgentLabel)
 	return labels
 }
diff --git a/src/pkg/cluster/namespace_test.go b/src/pkg/cluster/namespace_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1fcc9fe8e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pkg/cluster/namespace_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021-Present The Zarf Authors
+
+package cluster
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestAdoptZarfManagedLabels(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	labels := map[string]string{
+		"foo":      "bar",
+		AgentLabel: "ignore",
+	}
+	adoptedLabels := AdoptZarfManagedLabels(labels)
+	expectedLabels := map[string]string{
+		"foo":              "bar",
+		ZarfManagedByLabel: "zarf",
+	}
+	require.Equal(t, expectedLabels, adoptedLabels)
+}