geopython
diff --git a/‎owslib/etree.py‎
Lines changed: 1 addition & 1 deletion b/‎owslib/etree.py‎
Lines changed: 1 addition & 1 deletion
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def register_namespace(prefix, uri):
         register_namespace(k, v)
 
     etree.set_default_parser(
-        parser=etree.XMLParser(resolve_entities=False)
+        parser=etree.XMLParser(resolve_entities=False, remove_comments=True)
     )
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`@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def register_namespace(prefix, uri):`
`29`	`29`	`register_namespace(k, v)`
`30`	`30`
`31`	`31`	`etree.set_default_parser(`
`32`		`- parser=etree.XMLParser(resolve_entities=False)`
	`32`	`+ parser=etree.XMLParser(resolve_entities=False, remove_comments=True)`
`33`	`33`	`)`
`34`	`34`
`35`	`35`