Avoid failure
diff --git a/tools/download_check.rb b/tools/download_check.rb
index d536007..b62d313 100755
--- a/tools/download_check.rb
+++ b/tools/download_check.rb
@@ -579,7 +579,8 @@
       else
         E "Bug: found hash #{h} for missing artifact #{stem}"
       end
-      t.sub!('➚', '').strip! # age
+      t.sub!('➚', '') # age
+      t.strip!
       next if t == '' # empire-db
       tmp = text2ext(t)
       next if ext == tmp # i.e. link is just the type or [TYPE]