diff --git a/updateHostsFile.py b/updateHostsFile.py
index cace08485..cee883237 100644
--- a/updateHostsFile.py
+++ b/updateHostsFile.py
@@ -1482,10 +1482,10 @@ def get_file_by_url(url, params=None, **kwargs):
     -------
     content: str
     """
-    
+
     req = requests.get(url=url, params=params, **kwargs)
     req.encoding = req.apparent_encoding
-    res_text = "\n".join([domain_to_idna(line) for line in req.text.splitlines()]) + "\n"
+    res_text = "\n".join([domain_to_idna(line) for line in req.text.split("\n")])
     return res_text