diff --git a/charts/meta-monitoring/templates/validate.yaml b/charts/meta-monitoring/templates/validate.yaml
index d775438..4f48578 100644
--- a/charts/meta-monitoring/templates/validate.yaml
+++ b/charts/meta-monitoring/templates/validate.yaml
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@
 {{- end -}}
 {{- end -}}
 
-{{- if empty .Values.namespacesToMonitor -}}
-  {{- fail "No namespaces have been specified in namespacesToMonitor" -}}
-{{- end -}}
-
 {{- if empty .Values.metrics.retain -}}
   {{- fail "All metrics will be collected, please specify some in metrics.retain" -}}
 {{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/meta-monitoring/values.yaml b/charts/meta-monitoring/values.yaml
index 82654e1..429e6e0 100644
--- a/charts/meta-monitoring/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/meta-monitoring/values.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Specify the namespaces to monitor here
-namespacesToMonitor:
-- loki
+# By default the chart will monitor the namespace it is installed in
+# namespacesToMonitor:
+# - loki
 # The name of the cluster where this will be installed
 clusterLabelValue: "meta"
 # Set to true to write logs, metrics or traces to Grafana Cloud