diff --git a/libraries/librewrite/rewrite-int.h b/libraries/librewrite/rewrite-int.h
index 1a21ca80d3..4b1d931754 100644
--- a/libraries/librewrite/rewrite-int.h
+++ b/libraries/librewrite/rewrite-int.h
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@
 /*
  * Submatch escape char
  */
-//#define REWRITE_SUBMATCH_ESCAPE			'\\'
+/* the '\' conflicts with slapd.conf parsing */
+/* #define REWRITE_SUBMATCH_ESCAPE			'\\' */
 #define REWRITE_SUBMATCH_ESCAPE                 '%'
 
 /*
diff --git a/libraries/librewrite/rewrite.c b/libraries/librewrite/rewrite.c
index 6097b61f71..56eb66bfd6 100644
--- a/libraries/librewrite/rewrite.c
+++ b/libraries/librewrite/rewrite.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ apply(
 			sep[ 0 ] = '\0';
 			sep++;
 		}
-		// rc = rewrite( info, rewriteContext, string, &result );
+		/* rc = rewrite( info, rewriteContext, string, &result ); */
 		rc = rewrite_session( info, rewriteContext, string,
 				cookie, &result );