diff --git a/ghost/core/core/frontend/helpers/comments.js b/ghost/core/core/frontend/helpers/comments.js
index 8cfa7d2f33..4c80db2701 100644
--- a/ghost/core/core/frontend/helpers/comments.js
+++ b/ghost/core/core/frontend/helpers/comments.js
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ module.exports = async function comments(options) {
     const dataAttributes = getDataAttributes(data);
 
     return new SafeString(`
-        <div id="ghost-comments-test"></div><script defer src="${scriptUrl}" ${dataAttributes} crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
+        <script defer src="${scriptUrl}" ${dataAttributes} crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
     `);
 };