diff --git a/.jenkins/remove_runnable_code.py b/.jenkins/remove_runnable_code.py
index 6a61cb656bc..bd62f0c5156 100644
--- a/.jenkins/remove_runnable_code.py
+++ b/.jenkins/remove_runnable_code.py
@@ -16,9 +16,17 @@
             if line.startswith('#'):
                 ret_lines.append(line)
                 state = STATE_NORMAL
+            elif ((line.startswith('"""') or line.startswith('r"""')) and
+                    line.endswith('"""')):
+                ret_lines.append(line)
+                state = STATE_NORMAL
             elif line.startswith('"""') or line.startswith('r"""'):
                 ret_lines.append(line)
                 state = STATE_IN_MULTILINE_COMMENT_BLOCK_DOUBLE_QUOTE
+            elif ((line.startswith("'''") or line.startswith("r'''")) and
+                    line.endswith("'''")):
+                ret_lines.append(line)
+                state = STATE_NORMAL
             elif line.startswith("'''") or line.startswith("r'''"):
                 ret_lines.append(line)
                 state = STATE_IN_MULTILINE_COMMENT_BLOCK_SINGLE_QUOTE