diff --git a/src/frontend/inpcom.c b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
index 8a9bfc197..7422342fa 100644
--- a/src/frontend/inpcom.c
+++ b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
@@ -527,8 +527,8 @@ inp_readall(FILE *fp, char *dir_name, bool comfile, bool intfile)
 
         inp_remove_excess_ws(working);
 
-        inp_rem_unused_models(working);
         comment_out_unused_subckt_models(working);
+        inp_rem_unused_models(working);
 
         subckt_params_to_param(working);