1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/chomp.c b/libbb/chomp.c
index d2f6d5e6f..e62cb4005 100644
--- a/libbb/chomp.c
+++ b/libbb/chomp.c
@@ -32,13 +32,10 @@
 void chomp(char *s)
 {
-        size_t len = strlen(s);
+        char *lc = (char *)last_char_is(s, '\n');
+        
-        if (len == 0)
+        if(lc)
-                return;
+                *lc = 0;
-        if (s[len-1] == '\n')
-                s[len-1] = '\0';
 }