1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/cut.c b/coreutils/cut.c
index e12c56732..e33626d7f 100644
--- a/coreutils/cut.c
+++ b/coreutils/cut.c
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ int cut_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 #endif
         if (!odelim)
                 odelim = (opt & OPT_REGEX) ? " " : delim;
-        if (!delim || !*delim)
+        if (!delim)
                 delim = (opt & OPT_REGEX) ? "[[:space:]]+" : "\t";
 
 //      argc -= optind;