diff --git a/airflow/configuration.py b/airflow/configuration.py
index 7771cbd4d9c17..78f3466c7764f 100644
--- a/airflow/configuration.py
+++ b/airflow/configuration.py
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ def get(self, section, key):
 
     def getboolean(self, section, key):
         val = str(self.get(section, key)).lower().strip()
+        if '#' in val:
+            val = val.split('#')[0].strip()
         if val == "true":
             return True
         elif val == "false":