diff --git a/.changeset/dirty-buckets-flow.md b/.changeset/dirty-buckets-flow.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c0f0f030e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/dirty-buckets-flow.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-import': patch
+---
+
+Omits the entity namespace from a generated entity when it has not be explicitly defined in the analyze-location result.
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-import/src/components/StepPrepareCreatePullRequest/StepPrepareCreatePullRequest.test.tsx b/plugins/catalog-import/src/components/StepPrepareCreatePullRequest/StepPrepareCreatePullRequest.test.tsx
index 0b38fdaf58..0f8df04968 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-import/src/components/StepPrepareCreatePullRequest/StepPrepareCreatePullRequest.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog-import/src/components/StepPrepareCreatePullRequest/StepPrepareCreatePullRequest.test.tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ import { act, render, RenderResult } from '@testing-library/react';
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
 import React from 'react';
 import { AnalyzeResult, catalogImportApiRef } from '../../api';
-import { StepPrepareCreatePullRequest } from './StepPrepareCreatePullRequest';
+import {
+  generateEntities,
+  StepPrepareCreatePullRequest,
+} from './StepPrepareCreatePullRequest';
 
 describe('<StepPrepareCreatePullRequest />', () => {
   const catalogImportApi: jest.Mocked<typeof catalogImportApiRef.T> = {
@@ -60,6 +63,7 @@ describe('<StepPrepareCreatePullRequest />', () => {
         kind: 'Component',
         metadata: {
           name: 'my-component',
+          namespace: 'default',
         },
         spec: {
           owner: 'my-owner',
@@ -284,4 +288,44 @@ spec:
       ][0],
     ).toMatchObject({ groups: ['Group:my-group'], groupsLoading: false });
   });
+
+  describe('generateEntities', () => {
+    it.each([[undefined], [null]])(
+      'should not include blank namespace for %s',
+      namespace => {
+        expect(
+          generateEntities(
+            [{ metadata: { namespace: namespace as any } }],
+            'my-component',
+            'group-1',
+          ),
+        ).toEqual([
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            metadata: expect.not.objectContaining({
+              namespace: 'default',
+            }),
+          }),
+        ]);
+      },
+    );
+
+    it.each([['default'], ['my-namespace']])(
+      'should include explicit namespace %s',
+      namespace => {
+        expect(
+          generateEntities(
+            [{ metadata: { namespace } }],
+            'my-component',
+            'group-1',
+          ),
+        ).toEqual([
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            metadata: expect.objectContaining({
+              namespace,
+            }),
+          }),
+        ]);
+      },
+    );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-import/src/components/StepPrepareCreatePullRequest/StepPrepareCreatePullRequest.tsx b/plugins/catalog-import/src/components/StepPrepareCreatePullRequest/StepPrepareCreatePullRequest.tsx
index d9e7b962ab..0d08e27681 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-import/src/components/StepPrepareCreatePullRequest/StepPrepareCreatePullRequest.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog-import/src/components/StepPrepareCreatePullRequest/StepPrepareCreatePullRequest.tsx
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ type Props = {
   ) => React.ReactNode;
 };
 
-function generateEntities(
+export function generateEntities(
   entities: PartialEntity[],
   componentName: string,
   owner: string,
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ function generateEntities(
     metadata: {
       ...e.metadata,
       name: componentName,
-      namespace: e.metadata?.namespace ?? 'default',
     },
     spec: {
       ...e.spec,