diff --git a/exec/tdfiglet.js b/exec/tdfiglet.js
index e1ce57e20e7e57b9766576ac5618cb8789d1ee65..943ba5c50523f1ed8d99993b971524edf4322b86 100644
--- a/exec/tdfiglet.js
+++ b/exec/tdfiglet.js
@@ -78,6 +78,4 @@ for(i = 0; i < argv.length; ++i) {
 if (!fontfile && !tdf.opt.random)
 	usage();
 
-writeln("");
-
 tdf.printstr(input_string, fontfile);