diff --git a/aio/tests/deployment/shared/URLS_TO_REDIRECT.txt b/aio/tests/deployment/shared/URLS_TO_REDIRECT.txt
index 9c1fbb3be6e..72cd4a326a6 100644
--- a/aio/tests/deployment/shared/URLS_TO_REDIRECT.txt
+++ b/aio/tests/deployment/shared/URLS_TO_REDIRECT.txt
@@ -194,4 +194,4 @@
 /start/forms	/start/start-forms
 /start/routing	/start/start-routing
 /testing	/guide/testing
-/testing/first-app-tests.html	/guide/testing
\ No newline at end of file
+/testing/first-app-tests.html	/guide/testing
diff --git a/aio/tests/deployment/shared/helpers.ts b/aio/tests/deployment/shared/helpers.ts
index b4d8af5bea6..f127aff0126 100644
--- a/aio/tests/deployment/shared/helpers.ts
+++ b/aio/tests/deployment/shared/helpers.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ export function loadRedirects(): FirebaseRedirectConfig[] {
 
 export function loadLegacyUrls() {
   const pathToLegacyUrls = `${__dirname}/URLS_TO_REDIRECT.txt`;
-  const urls = readFileSync(pathToLegacyUrls, 'utf8').split('\n').map(line => line.split('\t'));
+  const urls = readFileSync(pathToLegacyUrls, 'utf8')
+      .split('\n')
+      .filter(line => line.trim() !== '')
+      .map(line => line.split('\t'));
   return urls;
 }