diff --git a/BitKeeper/triggers/pre-delta b/BitKeeper/triggers/pre-delta
index 68c0ec30107..e22ae9ce940 100755
--- a/BitKeeper/triggers/pre-delta
+++ b/BitKeeper/triggers/pre-delta
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-if [ `tail -c1 $BK_FILE` != "
-" ]
+if [ `tail -c1 $BK_FILE` ]
 then
  echo "File $BK_FILE does not end with a new-line character!"
  echo ""