diff --git a/core/nginx/conf/nginx.conf b/core/nginx/conf/nginx.conf
index ec2e2029..89eeb4bf 100644
--- a/core/nginx/conf/nginx.conf
+++ b/core/nginx/conf/nginx.conf
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ http {
     gzip_min_length 1024;
     # TODO: figure out how to server pre-compressed assets from admin container
 
-    {% if KUBERNETES_INGRESS != 'true' and TLS_FLAVOR in [ 'letsencrypt', 'cert' ] %}
+    {% if not KUBERNETES_INGRESS and TLS_FLAVOR in [ 'letsencrypt', 'cert' ] %}
     # Enable the proxy for certbot if the flavor is letsencrypt and not on kubernetes
     #
     server {
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ http {
       {% endif %}
 
       # Only enable HTTPS if TLS is enabled with no error and not on kubernetes
-      {% if KUBERNETES_INGRESS != 'true' and TLS and not TLS_ERROR %}
+      {% if not KUBERNETES_INGRESS and TLS and not TLS_ERROR %}
       listen 443 ssl http2;
 {% if SUBNET6 %}
       listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ http {
       {% endif %}
 
       # If TLS is failing, prevent access to anything except certbot
-      {% if KUBERNETES_INGRESS != 'true' and TLS_ERROR and not (TLS_FLAVOR in [ 'mail-letsencrypt', 'mail' ]) %}
+      {% if not KUBERNETES_INGRESS and TLS_ERROR and not (TLS_FLAVOR in [ 'mail-letsencrypt', 'mail' ]) %}
       location / {
         return 403;
       }