diff --git a/indra/newview/viewer_manifest.py b/indra/newview/viewer_manifest.py
index ebb8ab2c539617fda36b37f9bd6629dd61c0076f..b80bcd27e48b5c263d85eeb6a8ec4036f32696e5 100755
--- a/indra/newview/viewer_manifest.py
+++ b/indra/newview/viewer_manifest.py
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ def construct(self):
                 '../llkdu/libllkdu.so',
                 '../../libraries/i686-linux/lib_release_client/libllkdu.so'), 
                   dst='bin/libllkdu.so')
-            pass
+            pass # keep this one to preserve syntax, open source mangling removes previous lines
         except:
             print "Skipping libllkdu.so - not found"