diff --git a/registry.go b/registry.go
index 375aa7d..b3f0495 100644
--- a/registry.go
+++ b/registry.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"regexp"
-	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -29,28 +28,6 @@ type registryRouter struct {
 	eps map[string]*api.Service
 }
 
-func setNamespace(ns, name string) string {
-	ns = strings.TrimSpace(ns)
-	name = strings.TrimSpace(name)
-
-	// no namespace
-	if len(ns) == 0 {
-		return name
-	}
-
-	switch {
-	// has - suffix
-	case strings.HasSuffix(ns, "-"):
-		return strings.Replace(ns+name, ".", "-", -1)
-	// has . suffix
-	case strings.HasSuffix(ns, "."):
-		return ns + name
-	}
-
-	// default join .
-	return strings.Join([]string{ns, name}, ".")
-}
-
 func (r *registryRouter) isClosed() bool {
 	select {
 	case <-r.exit:
@@ -79,10 +56,6 @@ func (r *registryRouter) refresh() {
 
 		// for each service, get service and store endpoints
 		for _, s := range services {
-			// only get services for this namespace
-			if !strings.HasPrefix(s.Name, r.opts.Namespace) {
-				continue
-			}
 			service, err := r.rc.GetService(s.Name)
 			if err != nil {
 				if logger.V(logger.ErrorLevel, logger.DefaultLogger) {
@@ -105,7 +78,7 @@ func (r *registryRouter) refresh() {
 // process watch event
 func (r *registryRouter) process(res *registry.Result) {
 	// skip these things
-	if res == nil || res.Service == nil || !strings.HasPrefix(res.Service.Name, r.opts.Namespace) {
+	if res == nil || res.Service == nil {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -350,7 +323,7 @@ func (r *registryRouter) Route(req *http.Request) (*api.Service, error) {
 	}
 
 	// service name
-	name := setNamespace(r.opts.Namespace, rp.Name)
+	name := rp.Name
 
 	// get service
 	services, err := r.rc.GetService(name)
diff --git a/registry_test.go b/registry_test.go
index 4564623..5824d23 100644
--- a/registry_test.go
+++ b/registry_test.go
@@ -9,51 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/micro/go-micro/v2/api"
 )
 
-func TestSetNamespace(t *testing.T) {
-	testCases := []struct {
-		namespace string
-		name      string
-		expected  string
-	}{
-		// default dotted path
-		{
-			"go.micro.api",
-			"foo",
-			"go.micro.api.foo",
-		},
-		// dotted end
-		{
-			"go.micro.api.",
-			"foo",
-			"go.micro.api.foo",
-		},
-		// dashed end
-		{
-			"go-micro-api-",
-			"foo",
-			"go-micro-api-foo",
-		},
-		// no namespace
-		{
-			"",
-			"foo",
-			"foo",
-		},
-		{
-			"go-micro-api-",
-			"v2.foo",
-			"go-micro-api-v2-foo",
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, test := range testCases {
-		name := setNamespace(test.namespace, test.name)
-		if name != test.expected {
-			t.Fatalf("expected name %s got %s", test.expected, name)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 func TestRouter(t *testing.T) {
 	r := newRouter()