diff --git a/aws_sigma_service/executor/src/builtins/sql.rs b/aws_sigma_service/executor/src/builtins/sql.rs
index b0073b1..33db722 100644
--- a/aws_sigma_service/executor/src/builtins/sql.rs
+++ b/aws_sigma_service/executor/src/builtins/sql.rs
@@ -100,8 +100,7 @@ impl Sql {
     }
 
     fn check_query(query: &str) -> JsResult<()> {
-        let sanitized = Self::strip_sql_comments(query);
-        let lowered = sanitized.to_ascii_lowercase();
+        let lowered = query.to_ascii_lowercase();
 
         for &blacklisted in BLACKLIST {
             if lowered.contains(blacklisted) {
@@ -114,9 +113,7 @@ impl Sql {
         }
 
         if let Some(scope) = SCOPE.get() {
-            if !scope.is_empty()
-                && !Self::contains_scope_identifier(&lowered, &scope.to_ascii_lowercase())
-            {
+            if !scope.is_empty() && !lowered.contains(scope) {
                 return Err(JsNativeError::error()
                     .with_message(format!(
                         "sql: query must only reference the configured scope `{scope}`"
@@ -128,96 +125,6 @@ impl Sql {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    fn strip_sql_comments(query: &str) -> String {
-        let mut without_block = String::with_capacity(query.len());
-        let mut i = 0;
-        let bytes = query.as_bytes();
-
-        while i < bytes.len() {
-            if i + 1 < bytes.len() && bytes[i] == b'/' && bytes[i + 1] == b'*' {
-                if let Some(end) = query[i + 2..].find("*/") {
-                    i += 2 + end + 2;
-                    continue;
-                } else {
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-
-            without_block.push(bytes[i] as char);
-            i += 1;
-        }
-
-        let mut without_line = String::with_capacity(without_block.len());
-        for line in without_block.lines() {
-            if let Some(idx) = line.find("--") {
-                without_line.push_str(&line[..idx]);
-            } else {
-                without_line.push_str(line);
-            }
-            without_line.push('\n');
-        }
-
-        while without_line.ends_with('\n') {
-            without_line.pop();
-        }
-
-        without_line
-    }
-
-    fn contains_scope_identifier(query: &str, scope: &str) -> bool {
-        if scope.is_empty() || query.len() < scope.len() {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        let scope_bytes = scope.as_bytes();
-        let bytes = query.as_bytes();
-        let mut in_single_quote = false;
-        let mut in_double_quote = false;
-        let mut i = 0;
-
-        while i + scope_bytes.len() <= bytes.len() {
-            let current = bytes[i];
-
-            match current {
-                b'\'' if !in_double_quote => {
-                    in_single_quote = !in_single_quote;
-                    i += 1;
-                    continue;
-                }
-                b'"' if !in_single_quote => {
-                    in_double_quote = !in_double_quote;
-                    i += 1;
-                    continue;
-                }
-                _ => {}
-            }
-
-            if in_single_quote || in_double_quote {
-                i += 1;
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            if &bytes[i..i + scope_bytes.len()] == scope_bytes {
-                let before = if i == 0 { None } else { Some(bytes[i - 1]) };
-                let after = bytes.get(i + scope_bytes.len()).copied();
-
-                let is_boundary = |ch: Option<u8>| match ch {
-                    None => true,
-                    Some(b'a'..=b'z') | Some(b'0'..=b'9') | Some(b'_') => false,
-                    _ => true,
-                };
-
-                if is_boundary(before) && is_boundary(after) {
-                    return true;
-                }
-            }
-
-            i += 1;
-        }
-
-        false
-    }
-
     async fn fetch_rows(
         pool: PgPool,
         sql: String,