diff --git a/js/translator.js b/js/translator.js
index 3a09fe0b..ee4e1051 100644
--- a/js/translator.js
+++ b/js/translator.js
@@ -19,92 +19,12 @@ var Translator = (function () {
 		xhr.open("GET", file, true);
 		xhr.onreadystatechange = function () {
 			if (xhr.readyState === 4 && xhr.status === 200) {
-				callback(JSON.parse(stripComments(xhr.responseText)));
+				callback(JSON.parse(xhr.responseText));
 			}
 		};
 		xhr.send(null);
 	}
 
-	/* loadJSON(str, options)
-	 * Remove any commenting from a json file so it can be parsed.
-	 *
-	 * argument str string - The string that contains json with comments.
-	 * argument opts function - Strip options.
-	 *
-	 * return the stripped string.
-	 */
-	function stripComments(str, opts) {
-		// strip comments copied from: https://github.com/sindresorhus/strip-json-comments
-
-		var singleComment = 1;
-		var multiComment = 2;
-
-		function stripWithoutWhitespace() {
-			return "";
-		}
-
-		function stripWithWhitespace(str, start, end) {
-			return str.slice(start, end).replace(/\S/g, " ");
-		}
-
-		opts = opts || {};
-
-		var currentChar;
-		var nextChar;
-		var insideString = false;
-		var insideComment = false;
-		var offset = 0;
-		var ret = "";
-		var strip = opts.whitespace === false ? stripWithoutWhitespace : stripWithWhitespace;
-
-		for (var i = 0; i < str.length; i++) {
-			currentChar = str[i];
-			nextChar = str[i + 1];
-
-			if (!insideComment && currentChar === '"') {
-				var escaped = str[i - 1] === "\\" && str[i - 2] !== "\\";
-				if (!escaped) {
-					insideString = !insideString;
-				}
-			}
-
-			if (insideString) {
-				continue;
-			}
-
-			if (!insideComment && currentChar + nextChar === "//") {
-				ret += str.slice(offset, i);
-				offset = i;
-				insideComment = singleComment;
-				i++;
-			} else if (insideComment === singleComment && currentChar + nextChar === "\r\n") {
-				i++;
-				insideComment = false;
-				ret += strip(str, offset, i);
-				offset = i;
-				continue;
-			} else if (insideComment === singleComment && currentChar === "\n") {
-				insideComment = false;
-				ret += strip(str, offset, i);
-				offset = i;
-			} else if (!insideComment && currentChar + nextChar === "/*") {
-				ret += str.slice(offset, i);
-				offset = i;
-				insideComment = multiComment;
-				i++;
-				continue;
-			} else if (insideComment === multiComment && currentChar + nextChar === "*/") {
-				i++;
-				insideComment = false;
-				ret += strip(str, offset, i + 1);
-				offset = i + 1;
-				continue;
-			}
-		}
-
-		return ret + (insideComment ? strip(str.substr(offset)) : str.substr(offset));
-	}
-
 	return {
 		coreTranslations: {},
 		coreTranslationsFallback: {},
diff --git a/tests/unit/classes/translator_spec.js b/tests/unit/classes/translator_spec.js
index b0ec084c..9d784cff 100644
--- a/tests/unit/classes/translator_spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/classes/translator_spec.js
@@ -171,25 +171,6 @@ describe("Translator", function () {
 			};
 		});
 
-		it("should strip comments", function (done) {
-			const dom = new JSDOM(`<script>var Log = {log: function(){}};</script><script src="${path.join(__dirname, "..", "..", "..", "js", "translator.js")}">`, { runScripts: "dangerously", resources: "usable" });
-			dom.window.onload = function () {
-				const { Translator } = dom.window;
-				const file = "StripComments.json";
-
-				Translator.load(mmm, file, false, function () {
-					expect(Translator.translations[mmm.name]).to.be.deep.equal({
-						'FOO"BAR': "Today",
-						N: "N",
-						E: "E",
-						S: "S",
-						W: "W"
-					});
-					done();
-				});
-			};
-		});
-
 		it("should not load translations, if module fallback exists", function (done) {
 			const dom = new JSDOM(`<script>var Log = {log: function(){}};</script><script src="${path.join(__dirname, "..", "..", "..", "js", "translator.js")}">`, { runScripts: "dangerously", resources: "usable" });
 			dom.window.onload = function () {