diff --git a/backends/spice/spice.cc b/backends/spice/spice.cc
index f260276eb..1160a01a1 100644
--- a/backends/spice/spice.cc
+++ b/backends/spice/spice.cc
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ static void print_spice_module(std::ostream &f, RTLIL::Module *module, RTLIL::De
 
 	for (auto cell : module->cells())
 	{
+		if (cell->type == ID($scopeinfo))
+			continue;
+
 		f << stringf("X%d", cell_counter++);
 
 		std::vector<RTLIL::SigSpec> port_sigs;