diff --git a/colors/candyland.lua b/colors/candyland.lua
index 03da887..f93614e 100644
--- a/colors/candyland.lua
+++ b/colors/candyland.lua
@@ -1,28 +1,10 @@
--- You probably always want to set this in your vim file
 vim.opt.background = 'dark'
 vim.g.colors_name = 'candyland'
-
--- By setting our module to nil, we clear lua's cache,
--- which means the require ahead will *always* occur.
---
--- This isn't strictly required but it can be a useful trick if you are
--- incrementally editing your config a lot and want to be sure your themes
--- changes are being picked up without restarting neovim.
---
--- Note if you're working in on your theme and have :Lushify'd the buffer,
--- your changes will be applied with our without the following line.
---
--- The performance impact of this call can be measured in the hundreds of
--- *nanoseconds* and such could be considered "production safe".
 package.loaded['lush_theme.candyland'] = nil
 
--- include our theme file and pass it to lush to apply
 require('lush')(require('lush_theme.candyland'))
 
 local colors = {
--- content here will not be touched
--- PATCH_OPEN
--- Normal = {fg = "#c0caf5", bg = "#251a34"},
 NvimSpacing = {link = "Normal"},
 NvimTreePopup = {link = "Normal"},
 Bold = {bold = true},
@@ -1128,16 +1110,12 @@ packerSuccess = {fg = "#9ece6a"},
 ["@text.strike"] = {strikethrough = true},
 ["@variable.builtin"] = {fg = "#df71e6", bold = false},
 ["@lsp.typemod.variable.defaultLibrary"] = {link = "@variable.builtin"},
--- PATCH_CLOSE
--- content here will not be touched
 }
 
--- colorschemes generally want to do this
 vim.cmd("highlight clear")
 vim.cmd("set t_Co=256")
 vim.cmd("let g:colors_name='candyland'")
 
--- apply highlight groups
 for group, attrs in pairs(colors) do
   vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, group, attrs)
 end
diff --git a/colors/candyland.vim b/colors/candyland.vim
index 20e8d23..42c9292 100644
--- a/colors/candyland.vim
+++ b/colors/candyland.vim
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-" highlight Normal guifg=#c0caf5 guibg=#251a34 guisp=NONE blend=NONE gui=NONE
 highlight! link NvimSpacing Normal
 highlight! link NvimTreePopup Normal
 highlight Bold guifg=NONE guibg=NONE guisp=NONE blend=NONE gui=bold