diff --git a/scripts/validate_configs.py b/scripts/validate_configs.py
index 5ba8945..0b47420 100755
--- a/scripts/validate_configs.py
+++ b/scripts/validate_configs.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import argparse
 import json
 import os
+import re
 import sys
 
 import jsonschema.validators
@@ -13,6 +14,21 @@
 DEFAULT_SCHEMA_FILENAME = "global.json"
 
 
+def remove_c_comments(string):
+    # first group captures quoted strings (double or single)
+    # second group captures comments (//single-line or /* multi-line */)
+    pattern = r"(\".*?(?<!\\)\"|\'.*?(?<!\\)\')|(/\*.*?\*/|//[^\r\n]*$)"
+    regex = re.compile(pattern, re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL)
+
+    def _replacer(match):
+        if match.group(2) is not None:
+            return ""
+        else:
+            return match.group(1)
+
+    return regex.sub(_replacer, string)
+
+
 def main():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         description="Entity manager configuration validator",
@@ -97,7 +113,7 @@
     for config_file in config_files:
         try:
             with open(config_file) as fd:
-                configs.append(json.load(fd))
+                configs.append(json.loads(remove_c_comments(fd.read())))
         except FileNotFoundError:
             sys.stderr.write(
                 "Could not parse config file '{}'\n".format(config_file)