diff --git a/src/od/od.rs b/src/od/od.rs
index f658f8b83..fdb7b7dcd 100644
--- a/src/od/od.rs
+++ b/src/od/od.rs
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
 }
 
 const LINEBYTES:usize = 16;
-const WORDBYTES:usize = 2;
 
 fn odfunc(input_offset_base: &Radix, fnames: &[InputSource], formats: &[OdFormat]) -> i32 {
 
@@ -288,13 +287,6 @@ fn odfunc(input_offset_base: &Radix, fnames: &[InputSource], formats: &[OdFormat
                         }
                         b = nextb;
                     }
-                    // Add extra spaces to pad out the short, presumably last, line.
-                    if n < LINEBYTES {
-                        // calc # of items we did not print, must be short at least WORDBYTES to be missing any.
-                        let words_short = (LINEBYTES - n) / WORDBYTES;
-                        // XXX this is running short for -c & -a
-                        print!("{:>width$}", "", width = (words_short) * (6 + 2));
-                    }
                     print!("\n");
                 }
                 addr += n;
diff --git a/tests/test_od.rs b/tests/test_od.rs
index 7854e789b..8836faa58 100644
--- a/tests/test_od.rs
+++ b/tests/test_od.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use self::unindent::*;
 // octal dump of 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz\n'
 static ALPHA_OUT: &'static str = "
         0000000    061141  062143  063145  064147  065151  066153  067155  070157
-        0000020    071161  072163  073165  074167  075171  000012                
+        0000020    071161  072163  073165  074167  075171  000012
         0000033
         ";
 
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ fn test_multiple_formats() {
     assert_eq!(result.stdout, unindent("
             0000000    a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h   i   j   k   l   m   n   o   p
                       141 142 143 144 145 146 147 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 160
-            0000020    q   r   s   t   u   v   w   x   y   z  \\n                
-                      161 162 163 164 165 166 167 170 171 172 012                
+            0000020    q   r   s   t   u   v   w   x   y   z  \\n
+                      161 162 163 164 165 166 167 170 171 172 012
             0000033
             "));
 
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ fn test_dec() {
     	0x00u8,0x80u8,
     	0x01u8,0x80u8,];
     let expected_output = unindent("
-            0000000         0       1       2       3   32767  -32768  -32767        
+            0000000         0       1       2       3   32767  -32768  -32767
             0000016
             ");
     let result = new_ucmd!().arg("-i").run_piped_stdin(&input[..]);
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ fn test_f32(){
         0x00, 0x00, 0x7f, 0x80];// 0x807f0000 -1.1663108E-38
     let expected_output = unindent("
             0000000     -1.2345679       12345678  -9.8765427e37             -0
-            0000020            NaN          1e-40 -1.1663108e-38                
+            0000020            NaN          1e-40 -1.1663108e-38
             0000034
             ");
     let result = new_ucmd!().arg("-f").run_piped_stdin(&input[..]);
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ fn test_f64(){
     let expected_output = unindent("
             0000000        12345678912345678                        0
             0000020 -2.2250738585072014e-308                   5e-324
-            0000040      -2.0000000000000000                                
+            0000040      -2.0000000000000000
             0000050
             ");
     let result = new_ucmd!().arg("-F").run_piped_stdin(&input[..]);