diff --git a/src/library/parserm3u.cpp b/src/library/parserm3u.cpp
index 11326fb0fb3..70608c674ad 100644
--- a/src/library/parserm3u.cpp
+++ b/src/library/parserm3u.cpp
@@ -97,10 +97,8 @@ QList<QString> ParserM3u::parse(QString sFilename)
 QString ParserM3u::getFilepath(QTextStream* stream, QString basepath) {
     QString textline;
     while (!(textline = stream->readLine().trimmed()).isEmpty()) {
-        if (textline.contains("#")) {
-            // Skip all lines with comments or special tags that are
-            // prefixed with the reserved character '#'. In file URLs
-            // this special character needs to be encoded as "%23".
+        if (textline.startsWith("#")) {
+            // Skip comments
             continue;
         }
         QString trackLocation = playlistEntrytoLocalFile(textline);