diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index ee01e4dfc..09b06a7d0 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ doextversion()
                 Strcpy(buf, rtbuf);
             }
         }
+        (void) strip_newline(buf);
         if (index(buf, '\t') != 0)
             (void) tabexpand(buf);