diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/screens/devconsole/CliInput.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/screens/devconsole/CliInput.kt
index c065ce225a1f4..fad23a384bb1c 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/screens/devconsole/CliInput.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/screens/devconsole/CliInput.kt
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ internal class CliInput(
     override fun equals(other: Any?): Boolean = when {
         this === other -> true
         other is CliInput -> compareTo(other) == 0
-        other is String -> compareTo(other, method) == 0
+        other is String -> compareTo(other.replace("[","").replace("]",""), method) == 0
         else -> false
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/screens/devconsole/ConsoleUnitCommands.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/screens/devconsole/ConsoleUnitCommands.kt
index 1b17fc9b642ae..f3b8f98769875 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/screens/devconsole/ConsoleUnitCommands.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/screens/devconsole/ConsoleUnitCommands.kt
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ internal class ConsoleUnitCommands : ConsoleCommandNode {
                 val promotions = console.getSelectedUnit().promotions.promotions
                 val options = console.gameInfo.ruleset.unitPromotions.keys.asSequence()
                     .filter { it !in promotions }
+                    .map { it.replace("[","").replace("]","") }
                     .asIterable()
                 return getAutocompleteString(params.lastOrNull().orEmpty(), options, console)
             }