diff --git a/bin/report/preprocess.py b/bin/report/preprocess.py
index 441df892c1c..0f026bce003 100644
--- a/bin/report/preprocess.py
+++ b/bin/report/preprocess.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ class report(object):
         _regex2 = re.compile("\[\[(.*?)(removeParentNode\(\s*(?:['\"](.*?)['\"])\s*\))(.*?)\]\]")
         _regex3 = re.compile("\[\[\s*(.*?setTag\(\s*['\"](.*?)['\"]\s*,\s*['\"].*?['\"]\s*(?:,.*?)?\).*?)\s*\]\]")
         for node in root_node:
+            if node.tag == etree.Comment:
+                continue
             if node.text:
                 def _sub3(txt):
                     n = node
diff --git a/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/trml2pdf.py b/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/trml2pdf.py
index 3a000565fb0..96c8004d7a1 100644
--- a/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/trml2pdf.py
+++ b/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/trml2pdf.py
@@ -495,6 +495,9 @@ class _rml_flowable(object):
 
                 flow = []
                 for n in utils._child_get(td, self):
+                    if n.tag == etree.Comment:
+                        n.text = ''
+                        continue
                     fl = self._flowable(n, extra_style=paraStyle)
                     if isinstance(fl,list):
                         flow  += fl
@@ -676,6 +679,9 @@ class _rml_flowable(object):
         def process_story(node_story):
             sub_story = []
             for node in utils._child_get(node_story, self):
+                if node.tag == etree.Comment:
+                    node.text = ''
+                    continue
                 flow = self._flowable(node)
                 if flow:
                     if isinstance(flow,list):