1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/basename.c b/coreutils/basename.c
index ed2377948..2216182e0 100644
--- a/coreutils/basename.c
+++ b/coreutils/basename.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ int basename_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 n = strlen(*argv);
                 if ((m > n) && ((strcmp)(s+m-n, *argv) == 0)) {
                         m -= n;
-                        s[m] = '\0';
+                        /*s[m] = '\0'; - redundant */
                 }
         }