diff --git a/bin/vhost-user-del.sh b/bin/vhost-user-del.sh
index 871db94..daae361 100755
--- a/bin/vhost-user-del.sh
+++ b/bin/vhost-user-del.sh
@@ -88,4 +88,6 @@ fi
 # remove jailkit socket if it exists
 if grep -q "\[/usr/jails/$username/dev/log\]" /etc/jailkit/jk_socketd.ini; then
   sed -i "/\/usr\/jails\/$username\/dev\/log/,+3 d" /etc/jailkit/jk_socketd.ini
+  # remove trailing empty line from file, if it exists
+  sed -i '${/^$/d;}' /etc/jailkit/jk_socketd.ini
 fi