diff --git a/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/VBNetBinding/Project/Src/FormattingStrategy/VBNetFormattingStrategy.cs b/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/VBNetBinding/Project/Src/FormattingStrategy/VBNetFormattingStrategy.cs
index 0fbb8e6226..208ed22cb3 100644
--- a/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/VBNetBinding/Project/Src/FormattingStrategy/VBNetFormattingStrategy.cs
+++ b/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/VBNetBinding/Project/Src/FormattingStrategy/VBNetFormattingStrategy.cs
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.VBNetBinding
 			
 			string text = lineSeg.Text;
 			
-			if (StripComment(text).Trim(' ', '\t', '\r', '\n').EndsWith("_", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+			if (text.TrimComments().Trim(' ', '\t', '\r', '\n').EndsWith("_", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
 				return true;
 			else
 				return false;
@@ -515,11 +515,6 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.VBNetBinding
 			return empty && match;
 		}
 		
-		static string StripComment(string text)
-		{
-			return Regex.Replace(text, "'.*$", "", RegexOptions.Singleline).Trim();
-		}
-		
 		static bool IsInsideDocumentationComment(ITextEditor editor, IDocumentLine curLine, int cursorOffset)
 		{
 			for (int i = curLine.Offset; i < cursorOffset; ++i) {
@@ -623,10 +618,10 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.VBNetBinding
 		
 		static int GetLastVisualLine(int line, ITextEditor area)
 		{
-			string text = StripComment(area.Document.GetLine(line).Text);
+			string text = area.Document.GetLine(line).Text.TrimComments();
 			while (text.EndsWith("_", StringComparison.Ordinal)) {
 				line++;
-				text = StripComment(area.Document.GetLine(line).Text);
+				text = area.Document.GetLine(line).Text.TrimComments();
 			}
 			return line;
 		}
@@ -754,7 +749,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.VBNetBinding
 			for (int i = begin; i <= end; i++) {
 				IDocumentLine curLine = editor.Document.GetLine(i);
 				string lineText = curLine.Text.Trim(' ', '\t', '\r', '\n');
-				string noComments = StripComment(lineText).TrimEnd(' ', '\t', '\r', '\n');
+				string noComments = lineText.TrimComments().TrimEnd(' ', '\t', '\r', '\n');
 				
 				if (i < selBegin || i > selEnd) {
 					indentation.PopOrDefault();
diff --git a/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/VBNetBinding/Project/Src/LanguageUtils.cs b/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/VBNetBinding/Project/Src/LanguageUtils.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a71e49a1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/VBNetBinding/Project/Src/LanguageUtils.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// Copyright (c) AlphaSierraPapa for the SharpDevelop Team (for details please see \doc\copyright.txt)
+// This code is distributed under the GNU LGPL (for details please see \doc\license.txt)
+
+using System;
+
+namespace ICSharpCode.VBNetBinding
+{
+	public static class LanguageUtils
+	{
+		public static string TrimComments(this string argument)
+		{
+			if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(argument))
+				return string.Empty;
+			
+			bool inStr = false;
+			
+			for (int i = 0; i < argument.Length; i++) {
+				if (argument[i] == '"')
+					inStr = !inStr;
+				if (argument[i] == '\'' && !inStr)
+					return argument.Substring(0, i).Trim();
+			}
+			
+			return argument;
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/VBNetBinding/Project/Src/Parser/Parser.cs b/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/VBNetBinding/Project/Src/Parser/Parser.cs
index 6903e97722..4e8f3c70ff 100644
--- a/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/VBNetBinding/Project/Src/Parser/Parser.cs
+++ b/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/VBNetBinding/Project/Src/Parser/Parser.cs
@@ -56,25 +56,11 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.VBNetBinding
 				    && directive.Arg.StartsWith("region", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
 				    && regionStartDirectives.Any()) {
 					ICSharpCode.NRefactory.PreprocessingDirective start = regionStartDirectives.Pop();
-					cu.FoldingRegions.Add(new FoldingRegion(TrimComment(start.Arg).Trim('"'), DomRegion.FromLocation(start.StartPosition, directive.EndPosition)));
+					cu.FoldingRegions.Add(new FoldingRegion(start.Arg.TrimComments().Trim('"'), DomRegion.FromLocation(start.StartPosition, directive.EndPosition)));
 				}
 			}
 		}
 		
-		static string TrimComment(string argument)
-		{
-			bool inStr = false;
-			
-			for (int i = 0; i < argument.Length; i++) {
-				if (argument[i] == '"')
-					inStr = !inStr;
-				if (argument[i] == '\'' && !inStr)
-					return argument.Substring(0, i).Trim();
-			}
-			
-			return argument;
-		}
-		
 		public ICompilationUnit Parse(IProjectContent projectContent, string fileName, ICSharpCode.SharpDevelop.ITextBuffer fileContent)
 		{
 			using (ICSharpCode.NRefactory.IParser p = ICSharpCode.NRefactory.ParserFactory.CreateParser(ICSharpCode.NRefactory.SupportedLanguage.VBNet, fileContent.CreateReader())) {
diff --git a/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/VBNetBinding/Project/VBNetBinding.csproj b/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/VBNetBinding/Project/VBNetBinding.csproj
index 4f73f22bb4..2e42256570 100644
--- a/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/VBNetBinding/Project/VBNetBinding.csproj
+++ b/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/VBNetBinding/Project/VBNetBinding.csproj
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
     </Compile>
     <Compile Include="Src\FormattingStrategy\VBIndentationStrategy.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Src\FormattingStrategy\VBStatement.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Src\LanguageUtils.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Src\OptionPanels\ProjectImportsOptions.xaml.cs">
       <DependentUpon>ProjectImportsOptions.xaml</DependentUpon>
       <SubType>Code</SubType>