diff --git a/argocd/applications/argocd-applications.yaml b/argocd/argocd-applications.yaml
similarity index 89%
rename from argocd/applications/argocd-applications.yaml
rename to argocd/argocd-applications.yaml
index 9a3b477..b3464a2 100644
--- a/argocd/applications/argocd-applications.yaml
+++ b/argocd/argocd-applications.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# Owned by argocd; keep outside applications/ to avoid duplicate ownership.
 ---
 apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
 kind: AppProject
diff --git a/argocd/kustomization.yaml b/argocd/kustomization.yaml
index f34d61c..fbc9647 100644
--- a/argocd/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/argocd/kustomization.yaml
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ resources:
   - ./redis.yaml
   - ./oidc-auth.yaml
   - ./monitoring.yaml
-  - ./applications/argocd-applications.yaml
+  - ./argocd-applications.yaml
   - ssh://git@git.k-space.ee/secretspace/kube/argocd # deploy key, used at k-space/kube, secretspace/kube, secretspace/members