diff --git a/publisher/htmlElementsCollector.go b/publisher/htmlElementsCollector.go
index 13387a7ee..9dc28c4c2 100644
--- a/publisher/htmlElementsCollector.go
+++ b/publisher/htmlElementsCollector.go
@@ -239,10 +239,6 @@ func isQuote(b byte) bool {
 }
 
 func parseStartTag(s string) (string, bool) {
-	if strings.HasPrefix(s, "</") || strings.HasPrefix(s, "<!") {
-		return "", false
-	}
-
 	s = strings.TrimPrefix(s, "<")
 	s = strings.TrimSuffix(s, ">")