diff --git a/packaging-ci.yml b/packaging-ci.yml
index 8828d70a940403d0b74f80f54156442ba3649036..5a7eb806fd6363e400290317e3a420f20f8f296d 100644
--- a/packaging-ci.yml
+++ b/packaging-ci.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
       ##Install dependencies
       #- apt -y install iri-dep1-dev iri-dep2-dev
       # Read dependencies from CMakeLists.txt
-      - DEP=( $(grep -P '[^#]\s+SET\(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS\s+"' CMakeLists.txt) ) || echo " Package iri-$PACKAGE_NAME-dev without dependencies"
+      - DEP=( $(grep -P '\s+SET\(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS\s+"' CMakeLists.txt | grep -v '#') ) || echo " Package iri-$PACKAGE_NAME-dev without dependencies"
       - declare -a DEP
       - |+
         for ((i=1;i<${#DEP[@]};i+=3))