diff --git a/gravity.sh b/gravity.sh
index 9c11fa98..c5e9e414 100755
--- a/gravity.sh
+++ b/gravity.sh
@@ -527,8 +527,9 @@ parseList() {
   # This sed does the following things:
   # 1. Remove all domains containing invalid characters. Valid are: a-z, A-Z, 0-9, dot (.), minus (-), underscore (_)
   # 2. Append ,adlistID to every line
-  # 3. Ensures there is a newline on the last line
-  sed -e "/[^a-zA-Z0-9.\_-]/d;s/$/,${adlistID}/;/.$/a\\" "${src}" >> "${target}"
+  # 3. Remove trailing period (see https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/issues/4701)
+  # 4. Ensures there is a newline on the last line
+  sed -e "/[^a-zA-Z0-9.\_-]/d;s/\.$//;s/$/,${adlistID}/;/.$/a\\" "${src}" >> "${target}"
   # Find (up to) five domains containing invalid characters (see above)
   incorrect_lines="$(sed -e "/[^a-zA-Z0-9.\_-]/!d" "${src}" | head -n 5)"