diff --git a/modules/codepad.pl b/modules/codepad.pl
index 197b1508..90be6372 100755
--- a/modules/codepad.pl
+++ b/modules/codepad.pl
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ $code = $preludes{$lang} . $code;
 if(($lang eq "C" or $lang eq "C++") and not $code =~ m/(int|void) main\s*\([^)]*\)\s*{/) {
   my $prelude = '';
   $prelude = "$1$2" if $code =~ s/^\s*(#.*)(#.*?[>\n])//s;
-  $code = "$prelude\n\nint main(int argc, char **argv) { $code;/**/ return 0; }";
-  $code =~ s/;\s*;\/\*\*\//;/g;
+  $code = "$prelude\n\nint main(int argc, char **argv) { $code return 0; }";
 }
 
 $code = pretty($code);
diff --git a/modules/ideone.pl b/modules/ideone.pl
index 8299e415..0efab9ec 100755
--- a/modules/ideone.pl
+++ b/modules/ideone.pl
@@ -128,8 +128,7 @@ if(($languages{$lang}{'id'} == 1 or $languages{$lang}{'id'} == 11 or $languages{
   my $prelude = '';
   $prelude = "$1$2" if $code =~ s/^\s*(#.*)(#.*?[>\n])//s;
   $code =~ s/^\s+//;
-  $code = "$prelude\n\nint main(int argc, char **argv) { $code;/**/ return 0;}\n";
-  $code =~ s/;\s*;\/\*\*\//;/g;
+  $code = "$prelude\n\nint main(int argc, char **argv) { $code return 0;}\n";
 }
 
 $code = pretty($code);