diff --git a/morss/readabilite.py b/morss/readabilite.py
index 7747dd7..becea1d 100644
--- a/morss/readabilite.py
+++ b/morss/readabilite.py
@@ -207,8 +207,10 @@ def clean_root(root, keep_threshold=None):
 def clean_node(node, keep_threshold=None):
     parent = node.getparent()
 
+    # remove comments
     if (isinstance(node, lxml.html.HtmlComment)
             or isinstance(node, lxml.html.HtmlProcessingInstruction)):
+        parent.remove(node)
         return
 
     if parent is None:
@@ -242,11 +244,6 @@ def clean_node(node, keep_threshold=None):
         parent.remove(node)
         return
 
-    # remove comments
-    if isinstance(node, lxml.html.HtmlComment) or isinstance(node, lxml.html.HtmlProcessingInstruction):
-        parent.remove(node)
-        return
-
     # remove if too many kids & too high link density
     wc = count_words(node.text_content())
     if wc != 0 and len(list(node.iter())) > 3: