diff --git a/lib/buster-preseed.cfg b/lib/buster-preseed.cfg
index 2ae0d4d..27989a7 100644
--- a/lib/buster-preseed.cfg
+++ b/lib/buster-preseed.cfg
@@ -68,8 +68,10 @@ d-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto
 # Any hostname and domain names assigned from dhcp take precedence over
 # values set here. However, setting the values still prevents the questions
 # from being shown, even if values come from dhcp.
-d-i netcfg/get_hostname string unassigned-hostname
-d-i netcfg/get_domain string unassigned-domain
+#RCNEE: disable these defaults so users can specify them
+#d-i netcfg/get_hostname string unassigned-hostname
+#d-i netcfg/get_domain string unassigned-domain
+#RCNEE: ^
 
 # If you want to force a hostname, regardless of what either the DHCP
 # server returns or what the reverse DNS entry for the IP is, uncomment
@@ -98,7 +100,7 @@ d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string
 ### Mirror settings
 # If you select ftp, the mirror/country string does not need to be set.
 #d-i mirror/protocol string ftp
-#RCNEE: default was "us" let users specify keymap...
+#RCNEE: disable these defaults so users can specify them
 #d-i mirror/country string manual
 #d-i mirror/http/hostname string http.us.debian.org
 #d-i mirror/http/directory string /debian
diff --git a/lib/stretch-preseed.cfg b/lib/stretch-preseed.cfg
index 7b6e246..c767d93 100644
--- a/lib/stretch-preseed.cfg
+++ b/lib/stretch-preseed.cfg
@@ -68,8 +68,10 @@ d-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto
 # Any hostname and domain names assigned from dhcp take precedence over
 # values set here. However, setting the values still prevents the questions
 # from being shown, even if values come from dhcp.
-d-i netcfg/get_hostname string unassigned-hostname
-d-i netcfg/get_domain string unassigned-domain
+#RCNEE: disable these defaults so users can specify them
+#d-i netcfg/get_hostname string unassigned-hostname
+#d-i netcfg/get_domain string unassigned-domain
+#RCNEE: ^
 
 # If you want to force a hostname, regardless of what either the DHCP
 # server returns or what the reverse DNS entry for the IP is, uncomment
@@ -98,7 +100,7 @@ d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string
 ### Mirror settings
 # If you select ftp, the mirror/country string does not need to be set.
 #d-i mirror/protocol string ftp
-#RCNEE: default was "us" let users specify keymap...
+#RCNEE: disable these defaults so users can specify them
 #d-i mirror/country string manual
 #d-i mirror/http/hostname string http.us.debian.org
 #d-i mirror/http/directory string /debian