diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/comments.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/comments.pm
index 4fa82f467..e43bbc49e 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/comments.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/comments.pm
@@ -89,12 +89,10 @@ sub preprocess { # {{{
 		($commentauthorurl, $commentauthor) =
 			linkuser($params{username});
 	}
-	elsif (defined $params{ip}) {
-		$commentip = $params{ip};
-		$commentauthor = sprintf(
-			gettext("Anonymous (IP: %s)"), $params{ip});
-	}
 	else {
+		if (defined $params{ip}) {
+			$commentip = $params{ip};
+		}
 		$commentauthor = gettext("Anonymous");
 	}