diff --git a/templates/organisms.yml.j2 b/templates/organisms.yml.j2
index e196a2d4e87532c77e6be2a80b5f075e5f7da603..915bbed25daf29704e3e1b2a6085a648ed849599 100644
--- a/templates/organisms.yml.j2
+++ b/templates/organisms.yml.j2
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     genome_path: {{ genome_path }}
     transcripts_path: {{ transcripts_path }}
     proteins_path: {{ proteins_path }}
-    gff_path: {{ gff_path }} # Mandatory!
+    gff_path: {{ gff_path }}
     interpro_path: {{ interpro_path }}
     orthofinder_path: {{ orthofinder_path }}
     blastp_path: {{ blastp_path }}