diff --git a/components/backends/sglang/launch/agg.sh b/components/backends/sglang/launch/agg.sh
index 2a94117b22..df2d29de70 100755
--- a/components/backends/sglang/launch/agg.sh
+++ b/components/backends/sglang/launch/agg.sh
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ cleanup() {
 }
 trap cleanup EXIT INT TERM
 
-# run clear_namespace
-python3 -m dynamo.sglang.clear_namespace --namespace dynamo
 
 # run ingress
 python3 -m dynamo.frontend --http-port=8000 &
diff --git a/components/backends/sglang/launch/agg_embed.sh b/components/backends/sglang/launch/agg_embed.sh
index 87f1e2e1d1..aa22a8c6e8 100755
--- a/components/backends/sglang/launch/agg_embed.sh
+++ b/components/backends/sglang/launch/agg_embed.sh
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ cleanup() {
 }
 trap cleanup EXIT INT TERM
 
-# run clear_namespace
-python3 -m dynamo.sglang.utils.clear_namespace --namespace dynamo
 
 # run ingress
 python3 -m dynamo.frontend --http-port=8000 &
diff --git a/components/backends/sglang/launch/agg_router.sh b/components/backends/sglang/launch/agg_router.sh
index 290a382f89..60dcc770c0 100755
--- a/components/backends/sglang/launch/agg_router.sh
+++ b/components/backends/sglang/launch/agg_router.sh
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ cleanup() {
 }
 trap cleanup EXIT INT TERM
 
-# run clear_namespace
-python3 -m dynamo.sglang.clear_namespace --namespace dynamo
 
 # run ingress
 python -m dynamo.frontend --router-mode kv --http-port=8000 &
diff --git a/components/backends/sglang/launch/disagg.sh b/components/backends/sglang/launch/disagg.sh
index bcd895c526..0f1a0da0e9 100755
--- a/components/backends/sglang/launch/disagg.sh
+++ b/components/backends/sglang/launch/disagg.sh
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ cleanup() {
 }
 trap cleanup EXIT INT TERM
 
-# run clear_namespace
-python3 -m dynamo.sglang.clear_namespace --namespace dynamo
 
 # run ingress
 python3 -m dynamo.frontend --http-port=8000 &
diff --git a/components/backends/sglang/launch/disagg_dp_attn.sh b/components/backends/sglang/launch/disagg_dp_attn.sh
index 337c5c8ccc..b5d8ba1bc5 100755
--- a/components/backends/sglang/launch/disagg_dp_attn.sh
+++ b/components/backends/sglang/launch/disagg_dp_attn.sh
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ cleanup() {
 }
 trap cleanup EXIT INT TERM
 
-# run clear_namespace
-python3 -m dynamo.sglang.clear_namespace --namespace dynamo
 
 # run ingress
 python3 -m dynamo.frontend --http-port=8000 &
diff --git a/components/backends/sglang/launch/multimodal_agg.sh b/components/backends/sglang/launch/multimodal_agg.sh
index 8216c75e7b..31336a826a 100755
--- a/components/backends/sglang/launch/multimodal_agg.sh
+++ b/components/backends/sglang/launch/multimodal_agg.sh
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ fi
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 SGLANG_BACKEND_DIR="$SCRIPT_DIR/src"
 
-# run clear_namespace
-python3 -m dynamo.sglang.clear_namespace --namespace dynamo
 
 # run ingress
 python3 -m dynamo.frontend --http-port=8000 &
diff --git a/components/backends/sglang/launch/multimodal_disagg.sh b/components/backends/sglang/launch/multimodal_disagg.sh
index 0b24fd33cc..f24f24f708 100755
--- a/components/backends/sglang/launch/multimodal_disagg.sh
+++ b/components/backends/sglang/launch/multimodal_disagg.sh
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ fi
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 SGLANG_BACKEND_DIR="$SCRIPT_DIR/src"
 
-# run clear_namespace
-python3 -m dynamo.sglang.clear_namespace --namespace dynamo
 
 # run ingress
 python3 -m dynamo.frontend --http-port=8000 &
diff --git a/components/backends/trtllm/gpt-oss.md b/components/backends/trtllm/gpt-oss.md
index e3d784cd36..5950fff66a 100644
--- a/components/backends/trtllm/gpt-oss.md
+++ b/components/backends/trtllm/gpt-oss.md
@@ -134,13 +134,10 @@ cd /workspace/components/backends/trtllm
 
 #### Option B: Manual Launch
 
-1. **Clear namespace and start frontend**:
+1. **Start frontend**:
 ```bash
 cd /workspace/dynamo/components/backends/trtllm
 
-# Clear any existing deployments
-python3 utils/clear_namespace.py --namespace dynamo
-
 # Start frontend with round-robin routing
 python3 -m dynamo.frontend --router-mode round-robin --http-port 8000 &
 ```
diff --git a/components/backends/trtllm/launch/agg.sh b/components/backends/trtllm/launch/agg.sh
index c07e6dc204..5c7021c59c 100755
--- a/components/backends/trtllm/launch/agg.sh
+++ b/components/backends/trtllm/launch/agg.sh
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ cleanup() {
 }
 trap cleanup EXIT INT TERM
 
-# run clear_namespace
-python3 utils/clear_namespace.py --namespace dynamo
 
 # run frontend
 python3 -m dynamo.frontend --http-port 8000 &
diff --git a/components/backends/trtllm/launch/agg_metrics.sh b/components/backends/trtllm/launch/agg_metrics.sh
index b8201ca332..3232576d76 100755
--- a/components/backends/trtllm/launch/agg_metrics.sh
+++ b/components/backends/trtllm/launch/agg_metrics.sh
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ cleanup() {
 }
 trap cleanup EXIT INT TERM
 
-# Run clear_namespace
-python3 utils/clear_namespace.py --namespace dynamo
-
 # Run frontend
 python3 -m dynamo.frontend --http-port 8000 &
 DYNAMO_PID=$!
diff --git a/components/backends/trtllm/launch/agg_router.sh b/components/backends/trtllm/launch/agg_router.sh
index 54d61a9299..ca6d439e63 100755
--- a/components/backends/trtllm/launch/agg_router.sh
+++ b/components/backends/trtllm/launch/agg_router.sh
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ cleanup() {
 }
 trap cleanup EXIT INT TERM
 
-# run clear_namespace
-python3 utils/clear_namespace.py --namespace dynamo
 
 # run frontend
 python3 -m dynamo.frontend --router-mode kv --http-port 8000 &
diff --git a/components/backends/trtllm/launch/disagg.sh b/components/backends/trtllm/launch/disagg.sh
index 16c3ac3fe2..f89eba5c9e 100755
--- a/components/backends/trtllm/launch/disagg.sh
+++ b/components/backends/trtllm/launch/disagg.sh
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ cleanup() {
 }
 trap cleanup EXIT INT TERM
 
-# run clear_namespace
-python3 utils/clear_namespace.py --namespace dynamo
 
 # run frontend
 python3 -m dynamo.frontend --http-port 8000 &
diff --git a/components/backends/trtllm/launch/disagg_router.sh b/components/backends/trtllm/launch/disagg_router.sh
index 934bee1708..e29c851a56 100755
--- a/components/backends/trtllm/launch/disagg_router.sh
+++ b/components/backends/trtllm/launch/disagg_router.sh
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ cleanup() {
 }
 trap cleanup EXIT INT TERM
 
-# run clear_namespace
-python3 utils/clear_namespace.py --namespace dynamo
 
 # run frontend
 python3 -m dynamo.frontend --router-mode kv --http-port 8000 &
diff --git a/components/backends/trtllm/launch/epd_disagg.sh b/components/backends/trtllm/launch/epd_disagg.sh
index 3fa15e5fdf..60cfa1c249 100755
--- a/components/backends/trtllm/launch/epd_disagg.sh
+++ b/components/backends/trtllm/launch/epd_disagg.sh
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ cleanup() {
 }
 trap cleanup EXIT INT TERM
 
-# run clear_namespace
-python3 utils/clear_namespace.py --namespace dynamo
 
 # run frontend
 python3 -m dynamo.frontend --http-port 8000 &
diff --git a/components/backends/trtllm/launch/gpt_oss_disagg.sh b/components/backends/trtllm/launch/gpt_oss_disagg.sh
index 8c3d5fbbd7..db42c01771 100755
--- a/components/backends/trtllm/launch/gpt_oss_disagg.sh
+++ b/components/backends/trtllm/launch/gpt_oss_disagg.sh
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ export DECODE_ENGINE_ARGS=${DECODE_ENGINE_ARGS:-"engine_configs/gpt_oss/decode.y
 set -e
 trap 'echo Cleaning up...; kill 0' EXIT
 
-# run clear_namespace
-python3 utils/clear_namespace.py --namespace dynamo
 
 # run frontend
 python3 -m dynamo.frontend --router-mode round-robin --http-port 8000 &
diff --git a/components/backends/trtllm/utils/clear_namespace.py b/components/backends/trtllm/utils/clear_namespace.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 62c7ff39b1..0000000000
--- a/components/backends/trtllm/utils/clear_namespace.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-#  SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
-#  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-import argparse
-import asyncio
-import logging
-
-from dynamo.runtime import DistributedRuntime, dynamo_worker
-from dynamo.runtime.logging import configure_dynamo_logging
-
-configure_dynamo_logging()
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-
-@dynamo_worker()
-async def clear_namespace(runtime: DistributedRuntime, namespace: str):
-    await runtime.temp_clear_namespace(f"/{namespace}/")
-    logger.info(f"Cleared /{namespace}")
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-    parser.add_argument("--namespace", type=str, required=True)
-    args = parser.parse_args()
-    asyncio.run(clear_namespace(args.namespace))
diff --git a/components/src/dynamo/sglang/clear_namespace.py b/components/src/dynamo/sglang/clear_namespace.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 416c52ab8f..0000000000
--- a/components/src/dynamo/sglang/clear_namespace.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-#  SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
-#  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-import argparse
-import asyncio
-import logging
-
-from dynamo.runtime import DistributedRuntime, dynamo_worker
-from dynamo.runtime.logging import configure_dynamo_logging
-
-configure_dynamo_logging()
-
-
-@dynamo_worker()
-async def clear_namespace(runtime: DistributedRuntime, namespace: str):
-    await runtime.temp_clear_namespace(f"/{namespace}/")
-    logging.info(f"Cleared /{namespace}")
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-    parser.add_argument("--namespace", type=str, required=True)
-    args = parser.parse_args()
-    assert (
-        args.namespace
-    ), "Missing namespace, either pass --namespace or set DYN_NAMESPACE"
-    asyncio.run(clear_namespace(args.namespace))
diff --git a/lib/bindings/python/rust/lib.rs b/lib/bindings/python/rust/lib.rs
index 3af5f5eddc..f479897a26 100644
--- a/lib/bindings/python/rust/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/bindings/python/rust/lib.rs
@@ -424,15 +424,6 @@ impl DistributedRuntime {
         })
     }
 
-    /// Remove everything in an etcd namespace.
-    /// Will be removed once we can clear the MDC automatically.
-    fn temp_clear_namespace<'p>(&self, py: Python<'p>, name: String) -> PyResult<Bound<'p, PyAny>> {
-        let inner = self.inner.clone();
-        pyo3_async_runtimes::tokio::future_into_py(py, async move {
-            inner.temp_clear_namespace(&name).await.map_err(to_pyerr)
-        })
-    }
-
     fn namespace(&self, name: String) -> PyResult<Namespace> {
         Ok(Namespace {
             inner: self.inner.namespace(name).map_err(to_pyerr)?,
diff --git a/lib/runtime/src/distributed.rs b/lib/runtime/src/distributed.rs
index 27f139c4c8..85b0964f35 100644
--- a/lib/runtime/src/distributed.rs
+++ b/lib/runtime/src/distributed.rs
@@ -329,19 +329,6 @@ impl DistributedRuntime {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Clear everything in etcd under a key.
-    /// todo: Remove as soon as we auto-delete the MDC.
-    pub async fn temp_clear_namespace(&self, name: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-        let Some(etcd_client) = self.etcd_client() else {
-            return Ok(()); // no etcd, nothing to clear
-        };
-        let kvs = etcd_client.kv_get_prefix(name).await?;
-        for kv in kvs {
-            etcd_client.kv_delete(kv.key(), None).await?;
-        }
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
     /// Get all registered hierarchy keys. Private because it is only used for testing.
     fn get_registered_hierarchies(&self) -> Vec<String> {
         let registries = self.hierarchy_to_metricsregistry.read().unwrap();
diff --git a/tests/serve/launch/sglang_agg.sh b/tests/serve/launch/sglang_agg.sh
index 6f674bf7c2..23d4127bdf 100755
--- a/tests/serve/launch/sglang_agg.sh
+++ b/tests/serve/launch/sglang_agg.sh
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ cleanup() {
 }
 trap cleanup EXIT INT TERM
 
-# run clear_namespace
-python3 -m dynamo.sglang.clear_namespace --namespace dynamo
-
 # run ingress
 python3 -m dynamo.frontend --http-port=8000 &
 DYNAMO_PID=$!