diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/common/config.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/common/config.py
index 3eaa35eb7d0..974d346098b 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/common/config.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/common/config.py
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ class NetworkConfig(object):
         self._indent = indent
         self._items = list()
         self._config_text = None
+
         if ignore_lines:
             for item in ignore_lines:
                 if not isinstance(item, Pattern):
@@ -219,16 +220,15 @@ class NetworkConfig(object):
         config = list()
 
         indents = [0]
+
         for linenum, line in enumerate(to_native(lines, errors='surrogate_or_strict').split('\n')):
             text = entry_reg.sub('', line).strip()
 
             cfg = ConfigLine(line)
+
             if not text or ignore_line(text, comment_tokens):
-                # To accomodate !! comments in config mode
-                if "!!" in text:
-                    pass
-                else:
-                    continue
+                continue
+
             # handle top level commands
             if toplevel.match(line):
                 ancestors = [cfg]
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ class NetworkConfig(object):
                     expanded.append(p)
             expanded.append(item)
             visited.add(item.line)
+
         return expanded
 
     def add(self, lines, parents=None):
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/eos_config/templates/basic/cmds.j2 b/test/integration/targets/eos_config/templates/basic/cmds.j2
index ea7ac7f0931..c68cce8e17c 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/eos_config/templates/basic/cmds.j2
+++ b/test/integration/targets/eos_config/templates/basic/cmds.j2
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ip access-list test
-!! Adding comment
    10 permit ip host 192.168.0.2 host 192.168.0.1
    20 permit ip host 192.168.0.1 host 192.168.0.2
 !