diff --git a/libs/openzap/src/zap_config.c b/libs/openzap/src/zap_config.c
index f27fa04621..cce3507f25 100644
--- a/libs/openzap/src/zap_config.c
+++ b/libs/openzap/src/zap_config.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ int zap_config_next_pair(zap_config_t *cfg, char **var, char **val)
 		}
 
 
-		if (((end = strchr(*var, '#')) || (end = strchr(*var, ';'))) && *(end+1) == *end) {
+		if ((end = strchr(*var, ';')) && *(end+1) == *end) {
 			*end = '\0';
 			end--;
 		} else if ((end = strchr(*var, '\n')) != 0) {