diff --git a/cider-interaction.el b/cider-interaction.el
index 19b823e79..afe33fe1f 100644
--- a/cider-interaction.el
+++ b/cider-interaction.el
@@ -1447,8 +1447,6 @@ START-POS is a starting position of the form in the original context."
                    ((or (null cur-ns-form)
                         (cider-ns-form-p form))
                     "")
-                   ((string= cur-ns-form cider--cached-ns-form)
-                    (format "(ns %s)" (cider-current-ns)))
                    ((null cider--cached-ns-form)
                     cur-ns-form)
                    (t