diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyDecoder.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyDecoder.cs
index 10a716963e..b39890084f 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyDecoder.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyDecoder.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Formats
                 if (ShouldSkipLine(line))
                     continue;
 
-                line = StripComments(line).TrimEnd();
+                if (section != Section.Metadata)
+                {
+                    // comments should not be stripped from metadata lines, as the song metadata may contain "//" as valid data.
+                    line = StripComments(line);
+                }
+
+                line = line.TrimEnd();
 
                 if (line.StartsWith('[') && line.EndsWith(']'))
                 {
diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkinDecoder.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkinDecoder.cs
index 75b7ba28b9..2700f84815 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkinDecoder.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkinDecoder.cs
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
         {
             if (section != Section.Colours)
             {
-                line = StripComments(line);
-
                 var pair = SplitKeyVal(line);
 
                 switch (section)