diff --git a/lib/common/collections/wp_items/detectable.rb b/lib/common/collections/wp_items/detectable.rb
index c2b89896..65dd0c77 100755
--- a/lib/common/collections/wp_items/detectable.rb
+++ b/lib/common/collections/wp_items/detectable.rb
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class WpItems < Array
       results = new(wp_target)
       # improves speed
       body    = remove_base64_images_from_html(Browser.get(wp_target.url).body)
-      page    = Nokogiri::HTML(remove_conditional_comments(body))
+      page    = Nokogiri::HTML(body)
       names   = []
 
       page.css('link,script,style').each do |tag|
diff --git a/lib/common/common_helper.rb b/lib/common/common_helper.rb
index 3ccfd97e..38b4e0d7 100644
--- a/lib/common/common_helper.rb
+++ b/lib/common/common_helper.rb
@@ -73,10 +73,6 @@ def add_trailing_slash(url)
   url =~ /\/$/ ? url : "#{url}/"
 end
 
-def remove_conditional_comments(text)
-  text.gsub(/\<\!--\[if[^>]+>(.*?)\<\!\[end[^>]+>/im, '\1')
-end
-
 # loading the updater
 require_files_from_directory(UPDATER_LIB_DIR)
 @updater = UpdaterFactory.get_updater(ROOT_DIR)
diff --git a/spec/lib/common/collections/wp_items_spec.rb b/spec/lib/common/collections/wp_items_spec.rb
index a1c7414a..31d37988 100644
--- a/spec/lib/common/collections/wp_items_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/common/collections/wp_items_spec.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ describe WpItems do
         vulnerable_targets_items: [ WpItem.new(uri, name: 'mr-smith'),
                                     WpItem.new(uri, name: 'neo')],
 
-        passive_detection: (1..15).reduce(WpItems.new) { |o, i| o << WpItem.new(uri, name: "detect-me-#{i}") }
+        passive_detection: (1..13).reduce(WpItems.new) { |o, i| o << WpItem.new(uri, name: "detect-me-#{i}") }
       }
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/samples/common/collections/wp_items/detectable/passive_detection.html b/spec/samples/common/collections/wp_items/detectable/passive_detection.html
index 0332f74f..ad2216d9 100644
--- a/spec/samples/common/collections/wp_items/detectable/passive_detection.html
+++ b/spec/samples/common/collections/wp_items/detectable/passive_detection.html
@@ -19,34 +19,27 @@
 
   <script type='text/javascript' src='//wp-content/items/detect-me-5/main.js'></script>
 
-  <!--[if lt IE 9]>
-    <script src="http://example.com/wp-content/items/detect-me-6/assets/js/vendor/html5shiv.js"></script>
-  <![endif]-->
-  <!--[if IE 8]>
-    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://example.com/wp-content/items/detect-me-7/" />
-  <![endif]-->
-
   <style type="text/css">
     #fancybox-loading.fancybox-ie div {
       background: transparent;
-      filter: AlphaImageLoader(src='http://example.com/wp-content/items/detect-me-8/fancybox/fancy_loading.png', sizingMethod='scale');
+      filter: AlphaImageLoader(src='http://example.com/wp-content/items/detect-me-6/fancybox/fancy_loading.png', sizingMethod='scale');
     }
   </style>
 
   <style type="text/css" media="all">
     /* <![CDATA[ */
-    @import url("https://example.com/wp-content/items/detect-me-9/css/plugin.css?ver=1.9.4");
-    @import url('/wp-content/items/detect-me-10/css/datatables.css?ver=1.9.4');
-    @import url(/wp-content/items/detect-me-11/css/datatables.css?ver=1.9.4);
-    @import url(//wp-content/items/detect-me-12/css/datatables.css?ver=1.9.4);
+    @import url("https://example.com/wp-content/items/detect-me-7/css/plugin.css?ver=1.9.4");
+    @import url('/wp-content/items/detect-me-8/css/datatables.css?ver=1.9.4');
+    @import url(/wp-content/items/detect-me-9/css/datatables.css?ver=1.9.4);
+    @import url(//wp-content/items/detect-me-10/css/datatables.css?ver=1.9.4);
     /* ]]> */
   </style>
 
   <script type='text/javascript'>
     /* <![CDATA[ */
-    var poll1 = {"ajax_url": "http:\/\/example.com\/wp-content\/items\/detect-me-13\/wp-polls.php", "text_wait": "Please wait a while ..."};
-    var poll2 = {"ajax_url": "\/wp-content\/items\/detect-me-14\/wp-polls.php", "text_wait": "Please wait a while ..."};
-    var poll3 = {"ajax_url": "\/\/wp-content\/items\/detect-me-15\/wp-polls.php", "text_wait": "Please wait a while ..."};
+    var poll1 = {"ajax_url": "http:\/\/example.com\/wp-content\/items\/detect-me-11\/wp-polls.php", "text_wait": "Please wait a while ..."};
+    var poll2 = {"ajax_url": "\/wp-content\/items\/detect-me-12\/wp-polls.php", "text_wait": "Please wait a while ..."};
+    var poll3 = {"ajax_url": "\/\/wp-content\/items\/detect-me-13\/wp-polls.php", "text_wait": "Please wait a while ..."};
     /* ]]> */
   </script>
 
@@ -59,6 +52,10 @@
   //wp-content/items/this-should-not-match/sub.css
   src='/wp-content/items/this-should-not-match/sub.css'
 
+  <!--[if IE 8]>
+    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://example.com/wp-content/items/should-not-match/" />
+  <![endif]-->
+
   <script type="text/javascript">
     var TB_pluginPath = 'http://www.welovebug.com/wp-content/items/js-source';
     var TB_config = { 'widget_show_photos': true }