diff --git a/parser/sqlfn.py b/parser/sqlfn.py
index 7bdb030..84b75f6 100644
--- a/parser/sqlfn.py
+++ b/parser/sqlfn.py
@@ -125,6 +125,51 @@ def _arg_type(decl, vocab):
     return toks[-1] if toks else a
 
 
+def _strip_sql_comments(text):
+    """`text` with its SQL comments blanked and every newline kept.
+
+    The SQL counterpart of #strip_comments of parser/temporaltypes.py: a
+    `-- comment` runs to the end of its line and a `/* comment */` to its close,
+    PostgreSQL nesting one block comment inside another. A string literal is
+    stepped over, its quote doubled inside it (`'it''s'`), so a comment opener
+    in a literal stays part of the literal. A statement commented out is no
+    declaration, and a commented line inside one is no part of it."""
+    out, i, n = [], 0, len(text)
+    while i < n:
+        if text.startswith("--", i):
+            end = text.find("\n", i)
+            end = n if end < 0 else end
+            out.append(" " * (end - i))
+            i = end
+        elif text.startswith("/*", i):
+            depth, j = 1, i + 2
+            while j < n and depth:
+                if text.startswith("/*", j):
+                    depth, j = depth + 1, j + 2
+                elif text.startswith("*/", j):
+                    depth, j = depth - 1, j + 2
+                else:
+                    j += 1
+            out.append(re.sub(r"[^\n]", " ", text[i:j]))
+            i = j
+        elif text[i] == "'":
+            j = i + 1
+            while j < n:
+                if text[j] == "'":
+                    if text.startswith("''", j):
+                        j += 2
+                        continue
+                    j += 1
+                    break
+                j += 1
+            out.append(text[i:j])
+            i = j
+        else:
+            out.append(text[i])
+            i += 1
+    return "".join(out)
+
+
 def _create_fn_stmts(text):
     """Yield (sqlName, [raw arg decls], returnType|None, wrapper|None, retSet) for every
     CREATE FUNCTION in `text`, each parsed STATEMENT-BOUNDED (to its terminating `;`).
@@ -175,7 +220,7 @@ def _wrapper_sql_sigs(sql_src):
         return out
     stmts, vocab = [], set()
     for sf in sorted(sql_src.rglob("*.sql")):
-        text = sf.read_text(errors="ignore")
+        text = _strip_sql_comments(sf.read_text(errors="ignore"))
         for sqlname, argdecls, ret, wrapper, retset in _create_fn_stmts(text):
             stmts.append((sqlname, argdecls, ret, wrapper, retset))
             if ret:
diff --git a/tests/test_sql_comments.py b/tests/test_sql_comments.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5781c42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_sql_comments.py
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+"""The SQL declarations are read without their comments.
+
+A CREATE FUNCTION commented out is no declaration: the extension does not
+create it, so no binding may register it. A commented line inside a
+declaration is no part of it: `asMVTGeom(tgeompoint, ...)` keeps an older
+`-- RETURNS tgeompoint` above its `RETURNS geom_times`. The parser blanks every
+`--` and `/* */` comment, keeping the newlines, and steps over string literals,
+so a comment opener inside a literal stays part of the literal.
+
+Plain unittest, no pytest dependency; synthetic SQL via a temp dir, as
+#test_wrapper_sql_sigs_records_arg_defaults of tests/test_sql_defaults.py.
+"""
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from parser.sqlfn import _strip_sql_comments, _wrapper_sql_sigs
+
+SQL = """
+/* CREATE FUNCTION tdirection(tgeompoint)
+  RETURNS tfloat
+  AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', 'Tpoint_tdirection'
+  LANGUAGE C IMMUTABLE STRICT PARALLEL SAFE; */
+-- CREATE FUNCTION asMVTGeom(tgeo tgeometry, bounds stbox)
+-- RETURNS geom_times
+-- AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME','Tpoint_as_mvtgeom'
+-- LANGUAGE C IMMUTABLE STRICT PARALLEL SAFE;
+CREATE FUNCTION asMVTGeom(tpoint tgeompoint, bounds stbox)
+-- RETURNS tgeompoint
+RETURNS geom_times
+AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME','Tpoint_as_mvtgeom'
+LANGUAGE C IMMUTABLE STRICT PARALLEL SAFE;
+CREATE FUNCTION stops(tgeompoint, maxdist float DEFAULT 0.0,
+    -- a comment between two arguments
+    minduration interval DEFAULT '0 minutes')
+  RETURNS tgeompoint
+  AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', 'Temporal_stops'
+  LANGUAGE C IMMUTABLE PARALLEL SAFE;
+"""
+
+
+class StripSqlCommentsTests(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_a_line_comment_and_a_block_comment_are_blanked(self):
+        self.assertEqual(_strip_sql_comments("a -- b\nc /* d\ne */ f"),
+                         "a     \nc     \n     f")
+
+    def test_block_comments_nest(self):
+        self.assertEqual(_strip_sql_comments("/* a /* b */ c */x").strip(), "x")
+
+    def test_a_comment_opener_in_a_literal_stays(self):
+        text = "DEFAULT 'a -- b /* c' -- d"
+        self.assertEqual(_strip_sql_comments(text), "DEFAULT 'a -- b /* c'     ")
+
+    def test_a_doubled_quote_does_not_close_the_literal(self):
+        text = "'it''s -- here' -- gone"
+        self.assertEqual(_strip_sql_comments(text), "'it''s -- here'        ")
+
+
+class CommentedDeclarationTests(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def _sigs(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as d:
+            (Path(d) / "x.sql").write_text(SQL)
+            return _wrapper_sql_sigs(d)
+
+    def test_a_declaration_commented_out_registers_nothing(self):
+        sigs = self._sigs()
+        self.assertNotIn("Tpoint_tdirection", sigs)
+        self.assertEqual([s["args"] for s in sigs["Tpoint_as_mvtgeom"]],
+                         [["tgeompoint", "stbox"]])
+
+    def test_a_commented_line_is_no_part_of_the_declaration(self):
+        sigs = self._sigs()
+        self.assertEqual(sigs["Tpoint_as_mvtgeom"][0]["ret"], "geom_times")
+        s = sigs["Temporal_stops"][0]
+        self.assertEqual(s["args"], ["tgeompoint", "float", "interval"])
+        self.assertEqual(s["ret"], "tgeompoint")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()