diff --git a/pr_agent/algo/token_handler.py b/pr_agent/algo/token_handler.py
index 52ceb49f..53fb3ac9 100644
--- a/pr_agent/algo/token_handler.py
+++ b/pr_agent/algo/token_handler.py
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ class TokenHandler:
         return system_prompt_tokens + user_prompt_tokens
 
     def count_tokens(self, patch: str) -> int:
-        return len(self.encoder.encode(patch))
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+        return len(self.encoder.encode(patch, disallowed_special=()))
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