diff --git a/reframe/views/Creating.js b/reframe/views/Creating.js
index 643997192..5a4d30305 100644
--- a/reframe/views/Creating.js
+++ b/reframe/views/Creating.js
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ class Creating extends React.Component {
         <NavBar/>
         <Content>
           <div className="container container-lg mt-2">
-            <!-- temporarily disabled for issue143
+            { /* temporarily disabled for issue143
             <i className="fas fa-spinner fa-pulse"></i> {this.props.username}'s profile is being
             created. You'll be redirected to&nbsp;
             <a href={`/${this.props.username}`}>
               {urls.landing}/{this.props.username}
-            </a> in a few seconds...-->
+            </a> in a few seconds... */ }
             Sorry, we're overloaded, we had to freeze the <i>profile requests</i> for now. See&nbsp;
             <a href="https://github.com/AurelienLourot/ghuser.io/issues/143" target="_blank" className="external">
               #143
diff --git a/reframe/views/profile/rightpanel/RightPanel.js b/reframe/views/profile/rightpanel/RightPanel.js
index f22d15e17..46acd3e86 100644
--- a/reframe/views/profile/rightpanel/RightPanel.js
+++ b/reframe/views/profile/rightpanel/RightPanel.js
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ const RightPanel = props => {
         repos.push(
           <div key="alert" className={alertCssClasses} role="alert">
             This profile doesn't exist yet.
-            <!-- temporary for issue143: -->
+            { /* temporary for issue143: */ }
             <br /><br />
             And we're overloaded at the moment, see&nbsp;
             <a href="https://github.com/AurelienLourot/ghuser.io/issues/143" target="_blank" className="external">