diff --git a/deployment/digital-ocean/https/templates/ingress.template.yaml b/deployment/digital-ocean/https/templates/ingress.template.yaml
index 9d75655cf..bd031729b 100644
--- a/deployment/digital-ocean/https/templates/ingress.template.yaml
+++ b/deployment/digital-ocean/https/templates/ingress.template.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: ocelot-social
   annotations:
     kubernetes.io/ingress.class: "nginx"
-    # cert-manager.io/issuer: "letsencrypt-staging"
+    # cert-manager.io/issuer: "letsencrypt-staging"  # in case using issuers instead of a cluster-issuers
     cert-manager.io/cluster-issuer: "letsencrypt-staging"
     nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-body-size: 10m
 spec:
diff --git a/deployment/digital-ocean/https/templates/issuer.template.yaml b/deployment/digital-ocean/https/templates/issuer.template.yaml
index 805c988c2..a87b41438 100644
--- a/deployment/digital-ocean/https/templates/issuer.template.yaml
+++ b/deployment/digital-ocean/https/templates/issuer.template.yaml
@@ -1,21 +1,3 @@
-# ---
-# # used while installation as first setup for testing purposes, recognize 'server: https://acme-staging-v02…'
-# apiVersion: cert-manager.io/v1
-# kind: Issuer
-# metadata:
-#   name: letsencrypt-staging
-#   namespace: ocelot-social
-# spec:
-#   acme:
-#     # The ACME server URL
-#     server: https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory
-#     # Email address used for ACME registration
-#     email: user@example.com
-#     # Name of a secret used to store the ACME account private key
-#     privateKeySecretRef:
-#       name: letsencrypt-staging
-#     # Enable the HTTP-01 challenge provider
-#     http01: {}
 ---
 # used while installation as first setup for testing purposes, recognize 'server: https://acme-staging-v02…'
 # !!! replace the e-mail for expiring certificates, see below !!!
@@ -40,24 +22,6 @@ spec:
     - http01:
         ingress:
           class: nginx
-# ---
-# # used after installation for production, recognize 'server: https://acme-v02…'
-# apiVersion: cert-manager.io/v1
-# kind: Issuer
-# metadata:
-#   name: letsencrypt-prod
-#   namespace: ocelot-social
-# spec:
-#   acme:
-#     # The ACME server URL
-#     server: https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory
-#     # Email address used for ACME registration
-#     email: user@example.com
-#     # Name of a secret used to store the ACME account private key
-#     privateKeySecretRef:
-#       name: letsencrypt-prod
-#     # Enable the HTTP-01 challenge provider
-#     http01: {}
 ---
 # used after installation for production, recognize 'server: https://acme-v02…'
 # !!! replace the e-mail for expiring certificates, see below !!!