diff --git a/src/frontend/inp.c b/src/frontend/inp.c
index 34076e7f9..1ace43378 100644
--- a/src/frontend/inp.c
+++ b/src/frontend/inp.c
@@ -676,6 +676,8 @@ inp_spsource(FILE *fp, bool comfile, char *filename)
         wl_free(controls);
     }
 
+    INPkillMods(); /* remove the modtab after the job is done */
+
     /* Now reset everything.  Pop the control stack, and fix up the IO
      * as it was before the source.  */
     cp_popcontrol();
diff --git a/src/frontend/spiceif.c b/src/frontend/spiceif.c
index ea9ce59e5..34db0ebca 100644
--- a/src/frontend/spiceif.c
+++ b/src/frontend/spiceif.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ if_inpdeck(struct line *deck, INPtables **tab)
     INPpas1(ckt, (card *) deck->li_next, *tab);
     INPpas2(ckt, (card *) deck->li_next, *tab, ft_curckt->ci_defTask);
 
-    /* INPkillMods(); FIXME: modtab should removed later -
+    /* INPkillMods(); modtab removed later on the end of inp_spsource
        because needed for alter geometry of binned MOS models,
        see below if_setparam_model */