diff --git a/charts/cert-management/templates/cert.gardener.cloud_issuers.yaml b/charts/cert-management/templates/cert.gardener.cloud_issuers.yaml
index 873139e2..369a6832 100644
--- a/charts/cert-management/templates/cert.gardener.cloud_issuers.yaml
+++ b/charts/cert-management/templates/cert.gardener.cloud_issuers.yaml
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ spec:
     kind: Issuer
     listKind: IssuerList
     plural: issuers
-    shortNames:
-    - issuer
     singular: issuer
   scope: Namespaced
   versions:
diff --git a/pkg/apis/cert/crds/cert.gardener.cloud_issuers.yaml b/pkg/apis/cert/crds/cert.gardener.cloud_issuers.yaml
index c6ec9b98..e7a0bc37 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/cert/crds/cert.gardener.cloud_issuers.yaml
+++ b/pkg/apis/cert/crds/cert.gardener.cloud_issuers.yaml
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ spec:
     kind: Issuer
     listKind: IssuerList
     plural: issuers
-    shortNames:
-    - issuer
     singular: issuer
   scope: Namespaced
   versions:
diff --git a/pkg/apis/cert/crds/zz_generated_crds.go b/pkg/apis/cert/crds/zz_generated_crds.go
index ba8865b9..4e88852d 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/cert/crds/zz_generated_crds.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/cert/crds/zz_generated_crds.go
@@ -670,8 +670,6 @@ spec:
     kind: Issuer
     listKind: IssuerList
     plural: issuers
-    shortNames:
-    - issuer
     singular: issuer
   scope: Namespaced
   versions:
diff --git a/pkg/apis/cert/v1alpha1/types.go b/pkg/apis/cert/v1alpha1/types.go
index 73b31ee9..27b39e38 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/cert/v1alpha1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/cert/v1alpha1/types.go
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ type IssuerList struct {
 // Issuer is the issuer CR.
 // +kubebuilder:storageversion
 // +kubebuilder:object:root=true
-// +kubebuilder:resource:scope=Namespaced,path=issuers,shortName=issuer,singular=issuer
+// +kubebuilder:resource:scope=Namespaced,path=issuers,singular=issuer
 // +kubebuilder:subresource:status
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name=SERVER,description="ACME Server",JSONPath=".spec.acme.server",type=string
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name=EMAIL,description="ACME Registration email",JSONPath=".spec.acme.email",type=string