diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/views/AppDetailsRecyclerViewAdapter.java b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/views/AppDetailsRecyclerViewAdapter.java
index 9168951ce..d4afbe85e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/views/AppDetailsRecyclerViewAdapter.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/views/AppDetailsRecyclerViewAdapter.java
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ public class AppDetailsRecyclerViewAdapter
     // Use this function instead of a trim() as that would require
     // converting to String and thus losing formatting (e.g. bold).
     private static CharSequence trimNewlines(CharSequence s) {
-        if (s == null || s.length() < 1) {
+        if (TextUtils.isEmpty(s)) {
             return s;
         }
         int i;