diff --git a/.github/workflows/uniq.yaml b/.github/workflows/uniq.yaml
index 89f845483..a770a4fde 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/uniq.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/uniq.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: check unique keys in dic files
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          find . -type f -name "*.dic" | xargs -I {} sh -c "echo {} && cat {} | grep -v '#' | sort | uniq -i -d -c | sort -n -r "
-          if [[ $(find . -type f -name "*.dic" | xargs -I {} sh -c "echo {} && cat {} | grep -v '#' | sort | uniq -i -d -c | sort -n -r " | grep -v "./" | wc -l) -gt 0 ]]; then exit 1; fi
-          
+          find . -type f -name "*.dic" | xargs -I {} sh -c "echo {} && cat {} | sed 's/ *#.*//;/^$/d' | sort | uniq -i -d -c | sort -n -r "
+          if [[ $(find . -type f -name "*.dic" | xargs -I {} sh -c "echo {} && cat {} | sed 's/ *#.*//;/^$/d' | sort | uniq -i -d -c | sort -n -r " | grep -v '^\./' | wc -l) -gt 0 ]]; then exit 1; fi