diff --git a/src/uu/cut/src/cut.rs b/src/uu/cut/src/cut.rs
index 2a3196d002e..7488020560f 100644
--- a/src/uu/cut/src/cut.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cut/src/cut.rs
@@ -204,11 +204,8 @@ fn cut_fields_implicit_out_delim<R: Read, M: Matcher>(
         let mut print_delim = false;
 
         if delim_search.peek().is_none() {
-            if !only_delimited {
+            if !only_delimited && line[line.len() - 1] == newline_char {
                 out.write_all(line)?;
-                if line[line.len() - 1] != newline_char {
-                    out.write_all(&[newline_char])?;
-                }
             }
 
             return Ok(true);
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_cut.rs b/tests/by-util/test_cut.rs
index 57e6666d304..e468745f6e9 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_cut.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_cut.rs
@@ -265,3 +265,12 @@ fn test_multiple() {
     assert_eq!(result.stdout_str(), "b\n");
     assert_eq!(result.stderr_str(), "");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_newline_delimited() {
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .args(&["-f", "1", "-d", "\n"])
+        .pipe_in("a:1\nb:")
+        .succeeds()
+        .stdout_only_bytes("a:1\n");
+}