diff --git a/geojson.c b/geojson.c
index 987455c6..cfa5fd79 100644
--- a/geojson.c
+++ b/geojson.c
@@ -1289,12 +1289,6 @@ void radix1(int *geomfds_in, int *indexfds_in, int inputs, int prefix, int split
 					}
 				}
 
-				if (nmerges != 1) {
-					if (!quiet) {
-						fprintf(stderr, "\n");
-					}
-				}
-
 				indexmap = mmap(NULL, indexst.st_size, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, indexfds[i], 0);
 				if (indexmap == MAP_FAILED) {
 					fprintf(stderr, "fd %lld, len %lld\n", (long long) indexfds[i], (long long) indexst.st_size);