1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py b/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py
index 453e2732c..0e0c7d90d 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py
@@ -30,13 +30,10 @@ class JSInterpreter(object):
     def __init__(self, code, objects=None):
         if objects is None:
             objects = {}
-        self.code = self._remove_comments(code)
+        self.code = code
         self._functions = {}
         self._objects = objects
 
-    def _remove_comments(self, code):
-        return re.sub(r'(?s)/\*.*?\*/', '', code)
-
     def interpret_statement(self, stmt, local_vars, allow_recursion=100):
         if allow_recursion < 0:
             raise ExtractorError('Recursion limit reached')