diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Parser.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Parser.php
index 909d0cfe54ac..36aa9b0ace2f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Parser.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Parser.php
@@ -323,18 +323,16 @@ private function getNextEmbedBlock($indentation = null)
                 break;
             }
 
-            if ($removeComments && $this->isCurrentLineEmpty() || $this->isCurrentLineBlank()) {
-                if ($this->isCurrentLineBlank()) {
-                    $data[] = substr($this->currentLine, $newIndent);
-                }
+            if ($this->isCurrentLineBlank()) {
+                $data[] = substr($this->currentLine, $newIndent);
+                continue;
+            }
 
+            if ($removeComments && $this->isCurrentLineComment()) {
                 continue;
             }
 
-            if (preg_match('#^(?P<text> *)$#', $this->currentLine, $match)) {
-                // empty line
-                $data[] = $match['text'];
-            } elseif ($indent >= $newIndent) {
+            if ($indent >= $newIndent) {
                 $data[] = substr($this->currentLine, $newIndent);
             } elseif (0 == $indent) {
                 $this->moveToPreviousLine();