diff --git a/app/kumactl/cmd/apply/testdata/apply-multiple-resource-different-type.yaml b/app/kumactl/cmd/apply/testdata/apply-multiple-resource-different-type.yaml
index 223cf852f440..c6f1bed72bc7 100644
--- a/app/kumactl/cmd/apply/testdata/apply-multiple-resource-different-type.yaml
+++ b/app/kumactl/cmd/apply/testdata/apply-multiple-resource-different-type.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# Just a starting comment
 ---
 name: sample1
 # --- Checking a random separation doesn't break everything
diff --git a/pkg/util/yaml/split.go b/pkg/util/yaml/split.go
index b59103dac701..f1e1c2179237 100644
--- a/pkg/util/yaml/split.go
+++ b/pkg/util/yaml/split.go
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-var sep = regexp.MustCompile("(?:^|\\s*\n)---\\s*")
+var (
+	sep     = regexp.MustCompile("(?:^|\\s*\n)---\\s*")
+	comment = regexp.MustCompile("^#.*$")
+)
 
 // SplitYAML takes YAMLs separated by `---` line and splits it into multiple YAMLs. Empty entries are ignored
 func SplitYAML(yamls string) []string {
@@ -14,6 +17,7 @@ func SplitYAML(yamls string) []string {
 	trimYAMLs := strings.TrimSpace(yamls)
 	docs := sep.Split(trimYAMLs, -1)
 	for _, doc := range docs {
+		doc = comment.ReplaceAllString(doc, "")
 		if doc == "" {
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/test/e2e/federation/federation_suite_test.go b/test/e2e/federation/federation_suite_test.go
index f0a69983f8af..4f42babfd837 100644
--- a/test/e2e/federation/federation_suite_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/federation/federation_suite_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ func TestE2E(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 var (
-	_ = PDescribe("Federation with Kube Global", Label("job-3"), federation.FederateKubeZoneCPToKubeGlobal, Ordered)
-	_ = PDescribe("Federation with Universal Global", Label("job-3"), federation.FederateKubeZoneCPToUniversalGlobal, Ordered)
+	_ = Describe("Federation with Kube Global", Label("job-3"), federation.FederateKubeZoneCPToKubeGlobal, Ordered)
+	_ = Describe("Federation with Universal Global", Label("job-3"), federation.FederateKubeZoneCPToUniversalGlobal, Ordered)
 )