diff --git a/varbert/__init__.py b/varbert/__init__.py
index 98310e4..ee95392 100644
--- a/varbert/__init__.py
+++ b/varbert/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "2.1.0"
+__version__ = "2.2.0"
 
 import importlib.resources
 import tarfile
diff --git a/varbert/api.py b/varbert/api.py
index 3664059..eadce58 100644
--- a/varbert/api.py
+++ b/varbert/api.py
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ def predict_variable_names(
                 k: v for k, v in name_pairs if "/*decompiler*/" not in v
             }
         else:
-            # rewrite decompiled based names
+            # rewrite decompiled based names, remove the comment
             orig_name_2_popular_name = {
-                k: v.replace(" /*decompiler*/", "_dec") for k, v in orig_name_2_popular_name.items()
+                k: v.replace(" /*decompiler*/", "") for k, v in orig_name_2_popular_name.items()
             }
 
         # check after filtering