diff --git a/reactos/tools/rbuild/XML.cpp b/reactos/tools/rbuild/XML.cpp
index 26b25c38998..f3317a2f8d3 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/rbuild/XML.cpp
+++ b/reactos/tools/rbuild/XML.cpp
@@ -445,9 +445,10 @@ XMLParse(XMLFile& f,
 		return NULL;
 	bool end_tag;
 
-	while ( token[0] != '<' )
+	while ( token[0] != '<' || !strncmp ( token.c_str(), "<!--", 4 ) )
 	{
-		printf ( "syntax error: expecting xml tag, not '%s'\n", token.c_str() );
+		if ( token[0] != '<' )
+			printf ( "syntax error: expecting xml tag, not '%s'\n", token.c_str() );
 		if ( !f.get_token(token) )
 			return NULL;
 	}
diff --git a/reactos/tools/rbuild/project.cpp b/reactos/tools/rbuild/project.cpp
index 9def258293a..dc56ee92f34 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/rbuild/project.cpp
+++ b/reactos/tools/rbuild/project.cpp
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ void Project::ReadXml()
 		if ( !head )
 			throw InvalidBuildFileException ( "Document contains no 'project' tag." );
 
-		if ( head->name == "!--" )
-			continue; // ignore comments
-
 		if ( head->name != "project" )
 		{
 			throw InvalidBuildFileException ( "Expected 'project', got '%s'.",