diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-compute/utils/update_license.py b/projects/rocprofiler-compute/utils/update_license.py
index 9594823b83..4342508c4e 100755
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-compute/utils/update_license.py
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-compute/utils/update_license.py
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ def cacheLicenseFile(infile, comment="#"):
     license = ""
     with open(infile, "r") as file_in:
         for line in file_in:
-            license += comment + " " + line
+            license += comment
+            if line.strip() != "":
+                license += " "
+            license += line
     return license