diff --git a/ghost/core/core/frontend/helpers/comments.js b/ghost/core/core/frontend/helpers/comments.js
index 0e480aedcd..32d90875c9 100644
--- a/ghost/core/core/frontend/helpers/comments.js
+++ b/ghost/core/core/frontend/helpers/comments.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ module.exports = async function comments(options) {
     }
 
     const frontendKey = await getFrontendKey();
-    const {scriptUrl, stylesUrl} = getFrontendAppConfig('comments');
+    const {scriptUrl} = getFrontendAppConfig('comments');
 
     const data = {
         locale: labs.isSet('i18n') ? (settingsCache.get('locale') || 'en') : undefined,
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ module.exports = async function comments(options) {
         api: urlUtils.urlFor('api', {type: 'content'}, true),
         admin: urlUtils.urlFor('admin', true),
         key: frontendKey,
-        styles: stylesUrl,
         title: title,
         count: count,
         'post-id': this.id,
diff --git a/ghost/core/core/shared/config/defaults.json b/ghost/core/core/shared/config/defaults.json
index b02bc01186..d239294349 100644
--- a/ghost/core/core/shared/config/defaults.json
+++ b/ghost/core/core/shared/config/defaults.json
@@ -195,8 +195,7 @@
     },
     "comments": {
         "url": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/ghost/comments-ui@~{version}/umd/comments-ui.min.js",
-        "styles": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/ghost/comments-ui@~{version}/umd/main.css",
-        "version": "0.12"
+        "version": "0.13"
     },
     "editor": {
         "url": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/ghost/koenig-lexical@~{version}/dist/koenig-lexical.umd.js",