diff --git a/contrib/check-code.py b/contrib/check-code.py
--- a/contrib/check-code.py
+++ b/contrib/check-code.py
@@ -494,12 +494,7 @@ def checkfile(f, logfunc=_defaultlogger.
                     n += 1
                 l = prelines[n]
 
-                if "check-code" "-ignore" in l:
-                    if debug:
-                        print "Skipping %s for %s:%s (check-code" "-ignore)" % (
-                            name, f, n)
-                    continue
-                elif ignore and re.search(ignore, l, re.MULTILINE):
+                if ignore and re.search(ignore, l, re.MULTILINE):
                     continue
                 bd = ""
                 if blame: