diff --git a/cert-manager/overlays/test/cert-manager-issuer-prod.yml b/cert-manager/base/cert-manager-issuer-prod.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from cert-manager/overlays/test/cert-manager-issuer-prod.yml
rename to cert-manager/base/cert-manager-issuer-prod.yml
diff --git a/cert-manager/overlays/test/cert-manager-issuer-staging.yml b/cert-manager/base/cert-manager-issuer-staging.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from cert-manager/overlays/test/cert-manager-issuer-staging.yml
rename to cert-manager/base/cert-manager-issuer-staging.yml
diff --git a/cert-manager/base/kustomization.yaml b/cert-manager/base/kustomization.yaml
index ee014cc..7855721 100644
--- a/cert-manager/base/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/cert-manager/base/kustomization.yaml
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ kind: Kustomization
 namespace: cert-manager
 resources:
 - https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/releases/download/v1.16.1/cert-manager.yaml
+- cert-manager-issuer-staging.yml
+- cert-manager-issuer-prod.yml
diff --git a/cert-manager/overlays/test/kustomization.yaml b/cert-manager/overlays/test/kustomization.yaml
index 31ad16c..4e4f197 100644
--- a/cert-manager/overlays/test/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/cert-manager/overlays/test/kustomization.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,3 @@ apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 resources:
 - ../../base
-patches:
-- path: cert-manager-issuer-staging.yml
-- path: cert-manager-issuer-prod.yml