diff --git a/conf.go b/conf.go
index 963abf2..b22758a 100644
--- a/conf.go
+++ b/conf.go
@@ -160,18 +160,6 @@ func NewConfigFile() *ConfigFile {
 	return c
 }
 
-
-func stripComments(l string) string {
-	// comments are preceded by space or TAB
-	for _, c := range []string{" ;", "\t;", " #", "\t#"} {
-		if i := strings.Index(l, c); i != -1 {
-			l = l[0:i]
-		}
-	}
-	return l
-}
-
-
 func firstIndex(s string, delim []byte) int {
 	for i := 0; i < len(s); i++ {
 		for j := 0; j < len(delim); j++ {
diff --git a/read.go b/read.go
index b7a83e7..a731f82 100644
--- a/read.go
+++ b/read.go
@@ -109,3 +109,13 @@ func (c *ConfigFile) Read(reader io.Reader) (err os.Error) {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func stripComments(l string) string {
+	// comments are preceded by space or TAB
+	for _, c := range []string{" ;", "\t;", " #", "\t#"} {
+		if i := strings.Index(l, c); i != -1 {
+			l = l[0:i]
+		}
+	}
+	return l
+}