diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/action.c b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/action.c
index 57a7379eeae..d072a0aa599 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/action.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/action.c
@@ -1420,9 +1420,7 @@ short action_get_item_transforms(bAction *act, Object *ob, bPoseChannel *pchan,
 
       if ((curves) || (flags & ACT_TRANS_PROP) == 0) {
         /* custom properties only */
-        pPtr = strstr(
-            bPtr,
-            "[\""); /* extra '"' comment here to keep my texteditor functionlist working :) */
+        pPtr = strstr(bPtr, "[\"");
         if (pPtr) {
           flags |= ACT_TRANS_PROP;