diff --git a/apps/rss_feeds/models.py b/apps/rss_feeds/models.py
index b952ad4ee7..819c12c87b 100644
--- a/apps/rss_feeds/models.py
+++ b/apps/rss_feeds/models.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 from utils.feed_functions import timelimit, TimeoutError
 from utils.feed_functions import relative_timesince
 from utils.feed_functions import seconds_timesince
-from utils.story_functions import strip_tags, htmldiff, strip_comments
+from utils.story_functions import strip_tags, htmldiff, strip_comments__lxml
 from vendor.redis_completion.engine import RedisEngine
 
 ENTRY_NEW, ENTRY_UPDATED, ENTRY_SAME, ENTRY_ERR = range(4)
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ def add_update_stories(self, stories, existing_stories, verbose=False):
                 continue
                 
             story_content = story.get('story_content')
-            story_content = strip_comments(story_content)
+            story_content = strip_comments__lxml(story_content)
             story_tags = self.get_tags(story)
             story_link = self.get_permalink(story)