diff --git a/pkg/prebuild/directive/core.go b/pkg/prebuild/directive/core.go
index d14dd486..b81ae3cc 100644
--- a/pkg/prebuild/directive/core.go
+++ b/pkg/prebuild/directive/core.go
@@ -61,11 +61,29 @@ func NewOption(file *paths.Path, match []string) *Option {
 	}
 }
 
-// Clean the selected directive from profile.
+// Clean removes selected directive line from input string.
 // Useful to remove directive text applied on some condition only
-func (o *Option) Clean(profile string) string {
-	reg := regexp.MustCompile(`\s*` + Keyword + o.Name + ` .*$`)
-	return strings.Replace(profile, o.Raw, reg.ReplaceAllString(o.Raw, ""), 1)
+func (o *Option) Clean(input string) string {
+	return strings.Replace(input, o.Raw, o.cleanKeyword(o.Raw), 1)
+}
+
+// cleanKeyword removes the dirextive keywork (#aa:...) from the input string
+func (o *Option) cleanKeyword(input string) string {
+	reg := regexp.MustCompile(`\s*` + Keyword + o.Name + `( .*)?$`)
+	return reg.ReplaceAllString(input, "")
+}
+
+// Check if the directive is inline or if it is a paragraph
+func (o *Option) IsInline() bool {
+	inline := true
+	tmp := strings.Split(o.Raw, Keyword)
+	if len(tmp) >= 1 {
+		left := strings.TrimSpace(tmp[0])
+		if len(left) == 0 {
+			inline = false
+		}
+	}
+	return inline
 }
 
 func RegisterDirective(d Directive) {
diff --git a/pkg/prebuild/directive/filter.go b/pkg/prebuild/directive/filter.go
index 39e6c006..1aa2e1c7 100644
--- a/pkg/prebuild/directive/filter.go
+++ b/pkg/prebuild/directive/filter.go
@@ -49,16 +49,7 @@ func filter(only bool, opt *Option, profile string) (string, error) {
 		return opt.Clean(profile), nil
 	}
 
-	inline := true
-	tmp := strings.Split(opt.Raw, Keyword)
-	if len(tmp) >= 1 {
-		left := strings.TrimSpace(tmp[0])
-		if len(left) == 0 {
-			inline = false
-		}
-	}
-
-	if inline {
+	if opt.IsInline() {
 		profile = strings.Replace(profile, opt.Raw, "", -1)
 	} else {
 		regRemoveParagraph := regexp.MustCompile(`(?s)` + opt.Raw + `\n.*?\n\n`)