diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
index a9649397f3..edd95c3e33 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -284,6 +284,10 @@ class TestUtil(unittest.TestCase):
         d = json.loads(stripped)
         self.assertEqual(d, [{"id": "532cb", "x": 3}])
 
+        stripped = strip_jsonp('parseMetadata({"STATUS":"OK"})\n\n\n//epc')
+        d = json.loads(stripped)
+        self.assertEqual(d, {'STATUS': 'OK'})
+
     def test_uppercase_escape(self):
         self.assertEqual(uppercase_escape('aä'), 'aä')
         self.assertEqual(uppercase_escape('\\U0001d550'), '𝕐')
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/npo.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/npo.py
index f36d446d2d..ce31694a50 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/npo.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/npo.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from ..utils import (
     unified_strdate,
     parse_duration,
     qualities,
+    strip_jsonp,
     url_basename,
 )
 
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ class NPOIE(InfoExtractor):
             'http://e.omroep.nl/metadata/aflevering/%s' % video_id,
             video_id,
             # We have to remove the javascript callback
-            transform_source=lambda j: re.sub(r'parseMetadata\((.*?)\);\n//.*$', r'\1', j)
+            transform_source=strip_jsonp,
         )
         token_page = self._download_webpage(
             'http://ida.omroep.nl/npoplayer/i.js',
diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index 0b2ba39e2e..5786fa699f 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -1331,7 +1331,8 @@ def parse_age_limit(s):
 
 
 def strip_jsonp(code):
-    return re.sub(r'(?s)^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+\s*\(\s*(.*)\);?\s*?\s*$', r'\1', code)
+    return re.sub(
+        r'(?s)^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+\s*\(\s*(.*)\);?\s*?(?://[^\n]*)*$', r'\1', code)
 
 
 def js_to_json(code):