diff --git a/lib/irb/ruby-lex.rb b/lib/irb/ruby-lex.rb
index f5361e16a2..751d6ec526 100644
--- a/lib/irb/ruby-lex.rb
+++ b/lib/irb/ruby-lex.rb
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class RubyLex
           end
         end
       else
-        tokens = lexer.parse
+        tokens = lexer.parse.reject { |it| it.pos.first == 0 }
       end
     end
     tokens