diff --git a/hcore/deviceManager/deviceSpecl.ll b/hcore/deviceManager/deviceSpecl.ll
index f22599a..c6ba4d7 100644
--- a/hcore/deviceManager/deviceSpecl.ll
+++ b/hcore/deviceManager/deviceSpecl.ll
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 "|"             { return PIPE; }
 "("             { return LPAREN; }
 ")"             { return RPAREN; }
-"="             { return EQUALS; }  // Match "=" on its own
+"="             { return EQUALS; }
 (\\.|[^=\|\(\) \t\r\n])+ {
     std::string token(yytext);
     std::string unescaped;