diff --git a/lisp/ob-clojure.el b/lisp/ob-clojure.el
index 98a66d1ec..fdb0a7593 100644
--- a/lisp/ob-clojure.el
+++ b/lisp/ob-clojure.el
@@ -155,21 +155,21 @@ or set the `:backend' header argument"))))
 	 (result-params (cdr (assq :result-params params)))
 	 (print-level nil)
 	 (print-length nil)
-	 ;; Remove comments, they break (let [...] ...) bindings
-	 (body (replace-regexp-in-string "^[ 	]*;+.*$" "" body))
 	 (body (org-trim
 		(concat
 		 ;; Source block specified namespace :ns.
 		 (and (cdr (assq :ns params)) (format "(ns %s)\n" ns))
 		 ;; Variables binding.
 		 (if (null vars) (org-trim body)
-		   (format "(let [%s]\n%s)"
+                   ;; Remove comments, they break (let [...] ...) bindings
+                   (let ((body (replace-regexp-in-string "^[    ]*;+.*$" "" body)))
+                     (format "(let [%s]\n%s)"
 			   (mapconcat
 			    (lambda (var)
 			      (format "%S '%S" (car var) (cdr var)))
 			    vars
 			    "\n      ")
-			   body))))))
+			   body)))))))
     ;; If the result param is set to "output" we don't have to do
     ;; anything special and just let the backend handle everything
     (if (member "output" result-params)