diff --git a/tools/style/stylecheck.pl b/tools/style/stylecheck.pl
index a91d6b2b5..5124dd331 100644
--- a/tools/style/stylecheck.pl
+++ b/tools/style/stylecheck.pl
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ foreach my $line (@c_source) {
 
   #****************************************************************************
   # Check on EOL.
-  if (not ($line =~ /$cr$lf$/)) {
+  if (not ($line =~ /$lf$/)) {
     error "detected malformed EOL";
   }
   $line =~ s/$cr//;