diff --git a/lib/compress.js b/lib/compress.js
index 1c052dd2..315a18c7 100644
--- a/lib/compress.js
+++ b/lib/compress.js
@@ -3148,7 +3148,6 @@ merge(Compressor.prototype, {
             }
             if (this.pure) {
                 compressor.warn("Dropping __PURE__ call [{file}:{line},{col}]", this.start);
-                this.pure.value = this.pure.value.replace(/[@#]__PURE__/g, ' ');
             }
             var args = trim(this.args, compressor, first_in_statement);
             return args && make_sequence(this, args);
diff --git a/lib/output.js b/lib/output.js
index 98452e47..fc592d60 100644
--- a/lib/output.js
+++ b/lib/output.js
@@ -510,11 +510,11 @@ function OutputStream(options) {
                     }
                 }
                 if (/comment[134]/.test(c.type)) {
-                    print("//" + c.value + "\n");
+                    print("//" + c.value.replace(/[@#]__PURE__/g, ' ') + "\n");
                     indent();
                     last_nlb = true;
                 } else if (c.type == "comment2") {
-                    print("/*" + c.value + "*/");
+                    print("/*" + c.value.replace(/[@#]__PURE__/g, ' ') + "*/");
                     last_nlb = false;
                 }
             });
@@ -550,10 +550,10 @@ function OutputStream(options) {
                     space();
                 }
                 if (/comment[134]/.test(c.type)) {
-                    print("//" + c.value);
+                    print("//" + c.value.replace(/[@#]__PURE__/g, ' '));
                     need_newline_indented = true;
                 } else if (c.type == "comment2") {
-                    print("/*" + c.value + "*/");
+                    print("/*" + c.value.replace(/[@#]__PURE__/g, ' ') + "*/");
                     need_space = true;
                 }
             });
diff --git a/test/mocha/minify.js b/test/mocha/minify.js
index 5d9512f3..5fa9254b 100644
--- a/test/mocha/minify.js
+++ b/test/mocha/minify.js
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ describe("minify", function() {
             var code = result.code;
             assert.strictEqual(code, "//  comment1   comment2\nbar();");
         });
-        it("should not drop #__PURE__ hint if function is retained", function() {
+        it("should drop #__PURE__ hint if function is retained", function() {
             var result = Uglify.minify("var a = /*#__PURE__*/(function(){ foo(); })();", {
                 output: {
                     comments: "all",
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ describe("minify", function() {
                 }
             });
             var code = result.code;
-            assert.strictEqual(code, "var a=/*#__PURE__*/function(){foo()}();");
+            assert.strictEqual(code, "var a=/* */function(){foo()}();");
         })
     });