diff --git a/src/aks-preview/HISTORY.rst b/src/aks-preview/HISTORY.rst
index 8f74512bd1c..5f5bb438bb4 100644
--- a/src/aks-preview/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/src/aks-preview/HISTORY.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ To release a new version, please select a new version number (usually plus 1 to
 Pending
 +++++++
 
+18.0.0b17
++++++++
+* Remove `__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)` from `vendored_sdks/__init__.py`` to fix the namespace package issue.
+
 18.0.0b16
 +++++++
 * Vendor new SDK and bump API version to 2025-05-02-preview.
diff --git a/src/aks-preview/azext_aks_preview/vendored_sdks/__init__.py b/src/aks-preview/azext_aks_preview/vendored_sdks/__init__.py
index a5b81f3bde4..e69de29bb2d 100644
--- a/src/aks-preview/azext_aks_preview/vendored_sdks/__init__.py
+++ b/src/aks-preview/azext_aks_preview/vendored_sdks/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
-# Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)
diff --git a/src/aks-preview/setup.py b/src/aks-preview/setup.py
index c15b3cc4a64..a9912fea1f4 100644
--- a/src/aks-preview/setup.py
+++ b/src/aks-preview/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
-VERSION = "18.0.0b16"
+VERSION = "18.0.0b17"
 
 CLASSIFIERS = [
     "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",