diff --git a/packages/app/src/App.tsx b/packages/app/src/App.tsx
index 04ce831d6a..3d8bd45e5a 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/App.tsx
@@ -161,10 +161,7 @@ const routes = (
     <Route path="/home" element={<HomepageCompositionRoot />}>
       {homePage}
     </Route>
-    <Route
-      path="/catalog"
-      element={<CatalogIndexPage initiallySelectedNamespaces={['default']} />}
-    />
+    <Route path="/catalog" element={<CatalogIndexPage />} />
     <Route
       path="/catalog/:namespace/:kind/:name"
       element={<CatalogEntityPage />}
diff --git a/packages/catalog-model/examples/components/different-namespace.yaml b/packages/catalog-model/examples/components/different-namespace.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 80cae9c1fe..0000000000
--- a/packages/catalog-model/examples/components/different-namespace.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: backstage.io/v1alpha1
-kind: Component
-metadata:
-  name: different-namespace
-  namespace: alternative
-  description: Example of a Component in a different namespace
-spec:
-  type: service
-  lifecycle: experimental
-  owner: default/team-a