diff --git a/tools/epson2usb.pl b/tools/epson2usb.pl
index 6d542d7b4..b1e63dd76 100755
--- a/tools/epson2usb.pl
+++ b/tools/epson2usb.pl
@@ -42,11 +42,8 @@ use warnings;
 		next unless $m->{'usbid'} =~ /"0x04b8"\s+"(0x[[:xdigit:]]+)"/;
 
 		my $id = $1;
-
 #		print $id, "\n";
 
-		$id =~ s/0x0/0x/;
-
 		$m->{'model'} =~ s/;.+$//;
 		$m->{'model'} =~ s/\"//g;
 		$m->{'model'} =~ s/\s+$//;