diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3c2af8284..9e9f1d308 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ruff~=0.2.2
 -e ./zulip
 -e ./zulip_bots
 -e ./zulip_botserver
-git+https://github.com/zulip/zulint@417b4e4971fdd5ca8e84847f1391b657b188631a#egg=zulint==1.0.0
+git+https://github.com/zulip/zulint@417b4e4971fdd5ca8e84847f1391b657b188631a#egg=zulint
 mypy==1.8.0
 types-httplib2
 types-python-dateutil
diff --git a/zulip/integrations/rss/rss-bot b/zulip/integrations/rss/rss-bot
index 5ab920c24..83d3469f3 100755
--- a/zulip/integrations/rss/rss-bot
+++ b/zulip/integrations/rss/rss-bot
@@ -214,7 +214,11 @@ def send_zulip(entry: Any, feed_name: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
 
 try:
     with open(opts.feed_file) as f:
-        feed_urls: List[str] = [feed.strip() for feed in f.readlines()]
+        feed_urls: List[str] = [
+            feed.strip()
+            for feed in f.readlines()
+            if feed.strip() and not feed.strip().startswith("#")
+        ]
 except OSError:
     log_error_and_exit(f"Unable to read feed file at {opts.feed_file}.")