diff --git a/.github/workflows/strip-font-data.yml b/.github/workflows/strip-font-data.yml
index 6959cabf..94c4ff4a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/strip-font-data.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/strip-font-data.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "Processing $font..."
             cat "$font" | \
               grep -v "^ *_typelessdata: " | \
-              perl -ne '$l = $_; if (defined($s) && !/^$s[ -]/) { print "# clear\n"; $s = undefined; } if (/^([ \t]+)(m_GlyphTable:|m_FreeGlyphRects:|m_CharacterTable:)/) { $s = $1; print "$1$2 []\n" }; print $l if !defined($s);' \
+              perl -ne '$l = $_; if (defined($s) && !/^$s[ -]/) { undef $s; } if (/^([ \t]+)(m_GlyphTable:|m_FreeGlyphRects:|m_CharacterTable:)/) { $s = $1; print "$1$2 []\n" }; print $l if !defined($s);' \
                 "$font" > "$font.tmp"
             mv "$font.tmp" "$font" -fv
           done