diff --git a/assets/config/gitlabhq/gitlab.yml b/assets/config/gitlabhq/gitlab.yml
index 7d218de0..03e6a859 100644
--- a/assets/config/gitlabhq/gitlab.yml
+++ b/assets/config/gitlabhq/gitlab.yml
@@ -121,10 +121,8 @@ production: &base
   gravatar:
     enabled: {{GITLAB_GRAVATAR_ENABLED}}  # Use user avatar image from Gravatar.com (default: true)
     # gravatar urls: possible placeholders: %{hash} %{size} %{email}
-    # plain_url: "http://..."     # default: http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/%{hash}?s=%{size}&d=identicon
-    # ssl_url:   "https://..."    # default: https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/%{hash}?s=%{size}&d=identicon
-    plain_url: "{{GITLAB_GRAVATAR_HTTP_URL}}"
-    ssl_url: "{{GITLAB_GRAVATAR_HTTPS_URL}}"
+    plain_url: "{{GITLAB_GRAVATAR_HTTP_URL}}"     # default: http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/%{hash}?s=%{size}&d=identicon
+    ssl_url:   "{{GITLAB_GRAVATAR_HTTPS_URL}}"    # default: https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/%{hash}?s=%{size}&d=identicon
 
   #
   # 2. Auth settings
diff --git a/assets/init b/assets/init
index 346ef2cf..3c47c0b0 100755
--- a/assets/init
+++ b/assets/init
@@ -546,13 +546,13 @@ if [ -n "${GITLAB_GRAVATAR_HTTP_URL}" ]; then
   GITLAB_GRAVATAR_HTTP_URL=$(echo "${GITLAB_GRAVATAR_HTTP_URL}" | sed 's/&/\\&/')  # escape ampersand for sed
   sudo -u git -H sed 's,{{GITLAB_GRAVATAR_HTTP_URL}},'"${GITLAB_GRAVATAR_HTTP_URL}"',g' -i config/gitlab.yml
 else
-  sudo -u git -H sed '/plain_url: "{{GITLAB_GRAVATAR_HTTP_URL}}/d' -i config/gitlab.yml
+  sudo -u git -H sed '/{{GITLAB_GRAVATAR_HTTP_URL}}/d' -i config/gitlab.yml
 fi
 if [ -n "${GITLAB_GRAVATAR_HTTPS_URL}" ]; then
   GITLAB_GRAVATAR_HTTPS_URL=$(echo "${GITLAB_GRAVATAR_HTTPS_URL}" | sed 's/&/\\&/')  # escape ampersand for sed
   sudo -u git -H sed 's,{{GITLAB_GRAVATAR_HTTPS_URL}},'"${GITLAB_GRAVATAR_HTTPS_URL}"',g' -i config/gitlab.yml
 else
-  sudo -u git -H sed '/ssl_url: "{{GITLAB_GRAVATAR_HTTPS_URL}}/d' -i config/gitlab.yml
+  sudo -u git -H sed '/{{GITLAB_GRAVATAR_HTTPS_URL}}/d' -i config/gitlab.yml
 fi
 
 # apply oauth configuration