diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/devops/module-dependencies/index.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/devops/module-dependencies/index.js
index 845fcf6c0a..381edcd392 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/devops/module-dependencies/index.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/devops/module-dependencies/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import path from 'path';
 import { createImportMap } from '../importmap/index.js';
 
 const ILLEGAL_CORE_IMPORTS_THRESHOLD = 7;
-const SELF_IMPORTS_THRESHOLD = 12;
+const SELF_IMPORTS_THRESHOLD = 11;
 
 const clientProjectRoot = path.resolve(import.meta.dirname, '../../');
 const modulePrefix = '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/';
@@ -51,10 +51,15 @@ function getImportsInFile(filePath) {
 	if (!['.ts'].includes(ext)) return [];
 
 	const content = fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf-8');
+
+	// remove all comments from the content
+	const regex = /\/\/.*|\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\//gm;
+	const cleanedContent = content.replace(regex, '');
+
 	const imports = [];
 
 	let match;
-	while ((match = importRegex.exec(content)) !== null) {
+	while ((match = importRegex.exec(cleanedContent)) !== null) {
 		imports.push({ type: 'import', value: match[1] });
 	}
 
@@ -170,7 +175,7 @@ function reportSelfImportsFromModules() {
 			`Self imports found in ${total} modules. ${total - SELF_IMPORTS_THRESHOLD} more than the threshold.`,
 		);
 	} else {
-		console.log(`✅ Success! Still under the threshold of ${SELF_IMPORTS_THRESHOLD} self imports.`);
+		console.log(`✅ Success! Still (${total}) under the threshold of ${SELF_IMPORTS_THRESHOLD} self imports.`);
 	}
 
 	console.log(`\n\n`);