diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/system_win32.c b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/system_win32.c
index be2195d679d..7572936592e 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/system_win32.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/system_win32.c
@@ -386,7 +386,6 @@ void BLI_system_backtrace(FILE *fp)
     bli_windows_system_backtrace_threads(fp);
   }
   bli_windows_system_backtrace_modules(fp);
-  fputc(0, fp); /* Give our selves a nice zero terminator for later on */
 }
 
 void BLI_windows_handle_exception(EXCEPTION_POINTERS *exception)