diff --git a/lib/api/projects.rb b/lib/api/projects.rb
index 6df00db70a02299970724011f187dbb561473e10..cf48f88bec9b6fdae11de720512cfaf25241ee07 100644
--- a/lib/api/projects.rb
+++ b/lib/api/projects.rb
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ def handle_project_member_errors(errors)
                                     :issues_enabled,
                                     :wall_enabled,
                                     :merge_requests_enabled,
-                                    :wiki_enabled,
-                                    :namespace_id]
+                                    :wiki_enabled]
         @project = ::Projects::CreateContext.new(current_user, attrs).execute
         if @project.saved?
           present @project, with: Entities::Project