diff --git a/phpBB/includes/functions_admin.php b/phpBB/includes/functions_admin.php
index 526bc16ff0..0e1a11b4aa 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/functions_admin.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/functions_admin.php
@@ -2293,41 +2293,6 @@ function auto_prune($forum_id, $prune_mode, $prune_flags, $prune_days, $prune_fr
 	return;
 }
 
-/**
-* remove_comments will strip the sql comment lines out of an uploaded sql file
-* specifically for mssql and postgres type files in the install....
-*/
-function remove_comments(&$output)
-{
-	$lines = explode("\n", $output);
-	$output = '';
-
-	// try to keep mem. use down
-	$linecount = sizeof($lines);
-
-	$in_comment = false;
-	for ($i = 0; $i < $linecount; $i++)
-	{
-		if (trim($lines[$i]) == '/*')
-		{
-			$in_comment = true;
-		}
-
-		if (!$in_comment)
-		{
-			$output .= $lines[$i] . "\n";
-		}
-
-		if (trim($lines[$i]) == '*/')
-		{
-			$in_comment = false;
-		}
-	}
-
-	unset($lines);
-	return $output;
-}
-
 /**
 * Cache moderators, called whenever permissions are changed via admin_permissions. Changes of username
 * and group names must be carried through for the moderators table
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/functions_install.php b/phpBB/includes/functions_install.php
index 2c640e0999..6caa5c943f 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/functions_install.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/functions_install.php
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ function get_available_dbms($dbms = false, $return_unavailable = false, $only_20
 			'SCHEMA'		=> 'firebird',
 			'MODULE'		=> 'interbase',
 			'DELIM'			=> ';;',
-			'COMMENTS'		=> 'remove_remarks',
 			'DRIVER'		=> 'firebird',
 			'AVAILABLE'		=> true,
 			'2.0.x'			=> false,
@@ -60,7 +59,6 @@ function get_available_dbms($dbms = false, $return_unavailable = false, $only_20
 			'SCHEMA'		=> 'mysql_41',
 			'MODULE'		=> 'mysqli',
 			'DELIM'			=> ';',
-			'COMMENTS'		=> 'remove_remarks',
 			'DRIVER'		=> 'mysqli',
 			'AVAILABLE'		=> true,
 			'2.0.x'			=> true,
@@ -70,7 +68,6 @@ function get_available_dbms($dbms = false, $return_unavailable = false, $only_20
 			'SCHEMA'		=> 'mysql',
 			'MODULE'		=> 'mysql',
 			'DELIM'			=> ';',
-			'COMMENTS'		=> 'remove_remarks',
 			'DRIVER'		=> 'mysql',
 			'AVAILABLE'		=> true,
 			'2.0.x'			=> true,
@@ -80,7 +77,6 @@ function get_available_dbms($dbms = false, $return_unavailable = false, $only_20
 			'SCHEMA'		=> 'mssql',
 			'MODULE'		=> 'mssql',
 			'DELIM'			=> 'GO',
-			'COMMENTS'		=> 'remove_comments',
 			'DRIVER'		=> 'mssql',
 			'AVAILABLE'		=> true,
 			'2.0.x'			=> true,
@@ -90,7 +86,6 @@ function get_available_dbms($dbms = false, $return_unavailable = false, $only_20
 			'SCHEMA'		=> 'mssql',
 			'MODULE'		=> 'odbc',
 			'DELIM'			=> 'GO',
-			'COMMENTS'		=> 'remove_comments',
 			'DRIVER'		=> 'mssql_odbc',
 			'AVAILABLE'		=> true,
 			'2.0.x'			=> true,
@@ -100,7 +95,6 @@ function get_available_dbms($dbms = false, $return_unavailable = false, $only_20
 			'SCHEMA'		=> 'mssql',
 			'MODULE'		=> 'sqlsrv',
 			'DELIM'			=> 'GO',
-			'COMMENTS'		=> 'remove_comments',
 			'DRIVER'		=> 'mssqlnative',
 			'AVAILABLE'		=> true,
 			'2.0.x'			=> false,
@@ -110,7 +104,6 @@ function get_available_dbms($dbms = false, $return_unavailable = false, $only_20
 			'SCHEMA'		=> 'oracle',
 			'MODULE'		=> 'oci8',
 			'DELIM'			=> '/',
-			'COMMENTS'		=> 'remove_comments',
 			'DRIVER'		=> 'oracle',
 			'AVAILABLE'		=> true,
 			'2.0.x'			=> false,
@@ -120,7 +113,6 @@ function get_available_dbms($dbms = false, $return_unavailable = false, $only_20
 			'SCHEMA'		=> 'postgres',
 			'MODULE'		=> 'pgsql',
 			'DELIM'			=> ';',
-			'COMMENTS'		=> 'remove_comments',
 			'DRIVER'		=> 'postgres',
 			'AVAILABLE'		=> true,
 			'2.0.x'			=> true,
@@ -130,7 +122,6 @@ function get_available_dbms($dbms = false, $return_unavailable = false, $only_20
 			'SCHEMA'		=> 'sqlite',
 			'MODULE'		=> 'sqlite',
 			'DELIM'			=> ';',
-			'COMMENTS'		=> 'remove_remarks',
 			'DRIVER'		=> 'sqlite',
 			'AVAILABLE'		=> true,
 			'2.0.x'			=> false,
@@ -473,11 +464,17 @@ function connect_check_db($error_connect, &$error, $dbms_details, $table_prefix,
 }
 
 /**
-* remove_remarks will strip the sql comment lines out of an uploaded sql file
+* Removes comments from schema files
 */
-function remove_remarks(&$sql)
+function remove_comments($sql)
 {
+	// Remove /* */ comments (http://ostermiller.org/findcomment.html)
+	$sql = preg_replace('#/\*(.|[\r\n])*?\*/#', "\n", $sql);
+
+	// Remove # style comments
 	$sql = preg_replace('/\n{2,}/', "\n", preg_replace('/^#.*$/m', "\n", $sql));
+
+	return $sql;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/phpBB/install/install_install.php b/phpBB/install/install_install.php
index 8b073df44c..026fc0d404 100644
--- a/phpBB/install/install_install.php
+++ b/phpBB/install/install_install.php
@@ -1178,14 +1178,13 @@ class install_install extends module
 		$dbms_schema = 'schemas/' . $available_dbms[$data['dbms']]['SCHEMA'] . '_schema.sql';
 
 		// How should we treat this schema?
-		$remove_remarks = $available_dbms[$data['dbms']]['COMMENTS'];
 		$delimiter = $available_dbms[$data['dbms']]['DELIM'];
 
 		$sql_query = @file_get_contents($dbms_schema);
 
 		$sql_query = preg_replace('#phpbb_#i', $data['table_prefix'], $sql_query);
 
-		$remove_remarks($sql_query);
+		$sql_query = remove_comments($sql_query);
 
 		$sql_query = split_sql_file($sql_query, $delimiter);
 
@@ -1223,8 +1222,7 @@ class install_install extends module
 		// Change language strings...
 		$sql_query = preg_replace_callback('#\{L_([A-Z0-9\-_]*)\}#s', 'adjust_language_keys_callback', $sql_query);
 
-		// Since there is only one schema file we know the comment style and are able to remove it directly with remove_remarks
-		remove_remarks($sql_query);
+		$sql_query = remove_comments($sql_query);
 		$sql_query = split_sql_file($sql_query, ';');
 
 		foreach ($sql_query as $sql)
diff --git a/tests/test_framework/phpbb_database_test_connection_manager.php b/tests/test_framework/phpbb_database_test_connection_manager.php
index 68e09add94..7a45d87583 100644
--- a/tests/test_framework/phpbb_database_test_connection_manager.php
+++ b/tests/test_framework/phpbb_database_test_connection_manager.php
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 *
 */
 
+require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../phpBB/includes/functions_install.php';
+
 class phpbb_database_test_connection_manager
 {
 	private $config;
@@ -239,7 +241,11 @@ class phpbb_database_test_connection_manager
 		}
 
 		$filename = $directory . $schema . '_schema.sql';
-		$sql = $this->split_sql(file_get_contents($filename));
+
+		$queries = file_get_contents($filename);
+		$sql = remove_comments($queries);
+		
+		$sql = split_sql_file($sql, $this->dbms['DELIM']);
 
 		foreach ($sql as $query)
 		{
@@ -247,43 +253,6 @@ class phpbb_database_test_connection_manager
 		}
 	}
 
-	/**
-	* Split contents of an SQL file into an array of SQL statements
-	*
-	* Note: This method is not the same as split_sql_file from functions_install.
-	*
-	* @param	string	$sql	Raw contents of an SQL file
-	*
-	* @return Array of runnable SQL statements
-	*/
-	protected function split_sql($sql)
-	{
-		$sql = str_replace("\r" , '', $sql);
-		$data = preg_split('/' . preg_quote($this->dbms['DELIM'], '/') . '$/m', $sql);
-
-		$data = array_map('trim', $data);
-
-		// The empty case
-		$end_data = end($data);
-
-		if (empty($end_data))
-		{
-			unset($data[key($data)]);
-		}
-
-		if ($this->config['dbms'] == 'sqlite')
-		{
-			// remove comment lines starting with # - they are not proper sqlite
-			// syntax and break sqlite2
-			foreach ($data as $i => $query)
-			{
-				$data[$i] = preg_replace('/^#.*$/m', "\n", $query);
-			}
-		}
-
-		return $data;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	* Map a phpBB dbms driver name to dbms data array
 	*/