1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ident.c b/ident.c
index 4bd80842bc..6e125821f0 100644
--- a/ident.c
+++ b/ident.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static int add_mailname_host(struct strbuf *buf)
 				strerror(errno));
 		return -1;
 	}
-	if (strbuf_getline(&mailnamebuf, mailname, '\n') == EOF) {
+	if (strbuf_getline(&mailnamebuf, mailname) == EOF) {
 		if (ferror(mailname))
 			warning("cannot read /etc/mailname: %s",
 				strerror(errno));