diff --git a/src/frontend/inpcom.c b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
index 2b74dc2be..3d30a2505 100644
--- a/src/frontend/inpcom.c
+++ b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
@@ -1672,7 +1672,7 @@ get_model_type(char *line)
     beg_ptr = skip_non_ws(beg_ptr); /* eat model name */
     beg_ptr = skip_ws(beg_ptr);
 
-    return gettok(&beg_ptr);
+    return gettok_noparens(&beg_ptr);
 }