diff --git a/basic/apps/dev/kustomization.yaml b/basic/apps/dev/kustomization.yaml
index 4648dea2433f7c96667dfc1746aa308e592a1931..47de58c7b7576cc53b14d3547f1b3531aa238864 100644
--- a/basic/apps/dev/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/basic/apps/dev/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 resources:
-  - kustomization.yaml
   - gitea-postgres-pvc.yaml
   - gitea-release.yaml
   - gitea-oauth-client.yaml
diff --git a/basic/apps/do/kustomization.yaml b/basic/apps/do/kustomization.yaml
index a8c0ca572acf72a4650e307986f4fb27b4af7cbd..4aa48ff803106503f64443cd7b061917588c6e2f 100644
--- a/basic/apps/do/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/basic/apps/do/kustomization.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 resources:
   - vikunja-oauth-client.yaml
-  - kustomization.yaml
   - vikunja-release.yaml
   - vikunja-values-configmap.yaml
   - vikunja-postgres-pvc.yaml
diff --git a/basic/apps/generate-kustomizations.sh b/basic/apps/generate-kustomizations.sh
index 1cbf25ad6cd222eefe4954e100286a6ad738a486..0d138e2a003c0dcf1e092c2ce08c0c05987e9998 100755
--- a/basic/apps/generate-kustomizations.sh
+++ b/basic/apps/generate-kustomizations.sh
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ do  echo "$dir"
 	{ echo 'apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 resources:'
-	find $dir -type f -not -name "*.bak" -printf "  - %f\n"; } | tee $dir/kustomization.yaml
+	find $dir -type f -not -name "*.bak" -not -name "kustomization.yaml" -printf "  - %f\n"; } | tee $dir/kustomization.yaml
 done
diff --git a/basic/apps/people/kustomization.yaml b/basic/apps/people/kustomization.yaml
index e2ba269a148d5b3a7a06338e8a64a62d9bda729b..6ebe0bcdaf15dc4abcb32f457d2de8ed356997df 100644
--- a/basic/apps/people/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/basic/apps/people/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 resources:
-  - kustomization.yaml
   - suitecrm-values-configmap.yaml
   - suitecrm-release.yaml
diff --git a/basic/apps/time/kustomization.yaml b/basic/apps/time/kustomization.yaml
index 5c6619bb6d5df41228844d5e16fa8d5045c73b44..ba38c454374544e7b649ef15e109470ccea0a69c 100644
--- a/basic/apps/time/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/basic/apps/time/kustomization.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@ apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 resources:
   - kimai-release.yaml
-  - kustomization.yaml
   - kimai-values-configmap.yaml