diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/initprofile.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/initprofile.sh
index a9ae3408..2ac6c8b7 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/initprofile.sh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/initprofile.sh
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ profile=$(basename $2)
 if [[ $profile =~ ^sle.* ]]; then
 	sed -i 's/%%IFSLE%%//;s/%%ENDIFSLE%%//' $2/autoyast
 else
-	sed -i '/%%IFSLE%%/<!--/,/%%ENDIFSLE%%/d' $2/autoyast
+	sed -i '/%%IFSLE%%/,/%%ENDIFSLE%%/d' $2/autoyast
 fi