diff --git a/scripts/maint/checkSpace.pl b/scripts/maint/checkSpace.pl
index 9929932cc5..a12370f21f 100755
--- a/scripts/maint/checkSpace.pl
+++ b/scripts/maint/checkSpace.pl
@@ -192,11 +192,6 @@ for my $fn (@ARGV) {
             }
         }
     }
-    ## Warn if the file doesn't end with a blank line.
-    #    (End each file with a single blank line.)
-    if (! $lastnil) {
-        msg "  EOL\@EOF:$fn:$.\n";
-    }
     close(F);
 }