diff --git a/tests/data/slapd-acl.conf b/tests/data/slapd-acl.conf
index 94f52bc93a2d4a4de00f54ba73097eb8598a7b6b..3583472af63a8586c6ee669b74cdea29067c4adc 100644
--- a/tests/data/slapd-acl.conf
+++ b/tests/data/slapd-acl.conf
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ argsfile    ./test-db/slapd.args
 #######################################################################
 
 backend @BACKEND@
-#ldbm#directory ./test-db
+# #ldbm#directory ./test-db
 
 database	@BACKEND@
 cachesize	0
diff --git a/tests/data/slapd-master.conf b/tests/data/slapd-master.conf
index 020205ee6afe30a5c1d7cf5b85e89226248ec935..d1eb246f134f208fca21a500bd806da8af460b18 100644
--- a/tests/data/slapd-master.conf
+++ b/tests/data/slapd-master.conf
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ argsfile    ./test-db/slapd.args
 #######################################################################
 
 backend @BACKEND@
-#ldbm#directory ./test-db
+# #ldbm#directory ./test-db
 
 database	@BACKEND@
 suffix		"o=University of Michigan, c=US"
diff --git a/tests/data/slapd-pw.conf b/tests/data/slapd-pw.conf
index 6aa0ff87dc8878970bd6ffc2967034a0f8a35ec9..0995db0cbcb1a8049a7fb8c80c8c2b6b1450ef82 100644
--- a/tests/data/slapd-pw.conf
+++ b/tests/data/slapd-pw.conf
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ argsfile    ./test-db/slapd.args
 #######################################################################
 
 backend @BACKEND@
-#ldbm#directory ./test-db
+# #ldbm#directory ./test-db
 
 database	@BACKEND@
 cachesize	0
diff --git a/tests/data/slapd-ref-slave.conf b/tests/data/slapd-ref-slave.conf
index 6a4ff7ce674d614e425c149ae7a47bd311565281..8af0ca2b275ba8eb4b892f257911e92adfb0653e 100644
--- a/tests/data/slapd-ref-slave.conf
+++ b/tests/data/slapd-ref-slave.conf
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ argsfile    ./test-repl/slapd.args
 referral	"ldap://localhost:9009/"
 
 backend @BACKEND@
-#ldbm#directory ./test-repl
+# #ldbm#directory ./test-repl
 
 database	@BACKEND@
 cachesize	0
diff --git a/tests/data/slapd-repl-master.conf b/tests/data/slapd-repl-master.conf
index 1709059bd26b9f0dc033a41731e67d1ef2773cf4..bb4944fe1bd14a441712649179689cec2b7789de 100644
--- a/tests/data/slapd-repl-master.conf
+++ b/tests/data/slapd-repl-master.conf
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ argsfile    ./test-db/slapd.args
 #######################################################################
 
 backend @BACKEND@
-#ldbm#directory ./test-db
+# #ldbm#directory ./test-db
 
 database	@BACKEND@
 cachesize	0
diff --git a/tests/data/slapd-repl-slave.conf b/tests/data/slapd-repl-slave.conf
index 0889ab87f69e6f92966e5119aaed1cb40a2d2a8d..f9f798e1fd7395015ccc2266ec8d8dddd716ba22 100644
--- a/tests/data/slapd-repl-slave.conf
+++ b/tests/data/slapd-repl-slave.conf
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ argsfile    ./test-repl/slapd.args
 #######################################################################
 
 backend @BACKEND@
-#ldbm#directory ./test-repl
+# #ldbm#directory ./test-repl
 
 database	@BACKEND@
 cachesize	0
diff --git a/tests/data/slapd-schema.conf b/tests/data/slapd-schema.conf
index e69a38dd1d418738dcc2ab75bc5fadd4830210b0..34acfc9255d05420696d97816b407a7dbfd5621f 100644
--- a/tests/data/slapd-schema.conf
+++ b/tests/data/slapd-schema.conf
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ argsfile    ./test-db/slapd.args
 #######################################################################
 
 backend @BACKEND@
-#ldbm#directory ./test-db
+# #ldbm#directory ./test-db
 
 database	@BACKEND@
 suffix		"o=OpenLDAP Project, l=Internet"
diff --git a/tests/data/slapd.conf b/tests/data/slapd.conf
index a55fa7566c41b2fc8dd408cfb5ce8b98c532a373..9d9e53ce47aef158b0eb135a350ef1f637bca092 100644
--- a/tests/data/slapd.conf
+++ b/tests/data/slapd.conf
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ argsfile    ./test-db/slapd.args
 #######################################################################
 
 backend @BACKEND@
-#ldbm#directory ./test-db
+# #ldbm#directory ./test-db
 
 database	@BACKEND@
 suffix		"o=University of Michigan, c=US"
diff --git a/tests/scripts/conf.sh b/tests/scripts/conf.sh
index 4da640af4a1440bd42adbe2d195a7970d5819bf1..bc65597eba259bd1e98701efea005c0acd23be8d 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/conf.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/conf.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # $OpenLDAP$
-sed -e s/@BACKEND@/$BACKEND/ -e s/^#x$BACKENDx#//
+sed -e s/@BACKEND@/$BACKEND/ -e s/^#$BACKEND#//