diff --git a/auto/generate_test_runner.rb b/auto/generate_test_runner.rb
index 1745f16b217bf078184d0edf23a00718c90869de..84696e3bfef9140e478d0b429eecb0f04463ba3b 100644
--- a/auto/generate_test_runner.rb
+++ b/auto/generate_test_runner.rb
@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ class UnityTestRunnerGenerator
     tests_and_line_numbers = []
 
     source_scrubbed = source.clone
+    source_scrubbed = source_scrubbed.gsub(/"[^"\n]*"/, '')      # remove things in strings
     source_scrubbed = source_scrubbed.gsub(/\/\/.*$/, '')      # remove line comments
     source_scrubbed = source_scrubbed.gsub(/\/\*.*?\*\//m, '') # remove block comments
-    source_scrubbed = source_scrubbed.gsub(/"[^"]*"/, '')      # remove things in strings
     lines = source_scrubbed.split(/(^\s*\#.*$)                 # Treat preprocessor directives as a logical line
                               | (;|\{|\}) /x)                  # Match ;, {, and } as end of lines