1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/chomp.c b/libbb/chomp.c
index 94404a98d..e5a522f01 100644
--- a/libbb/chomp.c
+++ b/libbb/chomp.c
@@ -25,13 +25,11 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include "libbb.h"
 
-
 void chomp(char *s)
 {
-        char *lc = last_char_is(s, '\n');
-        
-        if(lc)
-                *lc = 0;
+        if (!(s && *s)) return;
+        while (*s && (*s != '\n')) s++;
+        *s = 0;
 }