diff --git a/src/encoding/armor.js b/src/encoding/armor.js
index 47442c34..6011b94c 100644
--- a/src/encoding/armor.js
+++ b/src/encoding/armor.js
@@ -369,21 +369,18 @@ export function armor(messageType, body, partIndex, partTotal, customComment, co
     hash = body.hash;
     body = body.data;
   }
-  const bodyClone = stream.passiveClone(body);
   const result = [];
   switch (messageType) {
     case enums.armor.multipartSection:
       result.push('-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE, PART ' + partIndex + '/' + partTotal + '-----\n');
       result.push(addheader(customComment, config));
       result.push(base64.encode(body));
-      result.push('=', getCheckSum(bodyClone));
       result.push('-----END PGP MESSAGE, PART ' + partIndex + '/' + partTotal + '-----\n');
       break;
     case enums.armor.multipartLast:
       result.push('-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE, PART ' + partIndex + '-----\n');
       result.push(addheader(customComment, config));
       result.push(base64.encode(body));
-      result.push('=', getCheckSum(bodyClone));
       result.push('-----END PGP MESSAGE, PART ' + partIndex + '-----\n');
       break;
     case enums.armor.signed:
@@ -393,35 +390,30 @@ export function armor(messageType, body, partIndex, partTotal, customComment, co
       result.push('\n-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----\n');
       result.push(addheader(customComment, config));
       result.push(base64.encode(body));
-      result.push('=', getCheckSum(bodyClone));
       result.push('-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----\n');
       break;
     case enums.armor.message:
       result.push('-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----\n');
       result.push(addheader(customComment, config));
       result.push(base64.encode(body));
-      result.push('=', getCheckSum(bodyClone));
       result.push('-----END PGP MESSAGE-----\n');
       break;
     case enums.armor.publicKey:
       result.push('-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----\n');
       result.push(addheader(customComment, config));
       result.push(base64.encode(body));
-      result.push('=', getCheckSum(bodyClone));
       result.push('-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----\n');
       break;
     case enums.armor.privateKey:
       result.push('-----BEGIN PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK-----\n');
       result.push(addheader(customComment, config));
       result.push(base64.encode(body));
-      result.push('=', getCheckSum(bodyClone));
       result.push('-----END PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK-----\n');
       break;
     case enums.armor.signature:
       result.push('-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----\n');
       result.push(addheader(customComment, config));
       result.push(base64.encode(body));
-      result.push('=', getCheckSum(bodyClone));
       result.push('-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----\n');
       break;
   }
diff --git a/test/general/armor.js b/test/general/armor.js
index 10624ee2..7f7c788b 100644
--- a/test/general/armor.js
+++ b/test/general/armor.js
@@ -379,7 +379,6 @@ VWx8AtKEInT8YvN19cS2Jpr81jCN819IqgDr+YQezYMwZMzWISmA3w5Z3UCU
 lO771jlg4fHlWOZ2nJqselFlNc3X/VoZ8swmMkI6KVDV+rKaeyTWe61Up0Jj
 NJCB6+LWtabSoVIjNVgKwyKqyTLaESNwC2ogZwkdE8qPGiDFEHo4Gg9zuRof
 
-=trqv
 -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
 `;
 
@@ -390,7 +389,7 @@ NJCB6+LWtabSoVIjNVgKwyKqyTLaESNwC2ogZwkdE8qPGiDFEHo4Gg9zuRof
         .replace(/^(Version|Comment): .*$\n/mg, '')
     ).to.equal(
       pubKey
-        .replace('\n=', '=')
+        .replace('\n-', '-')
         .replace(/\n\r/g, '\n')
     );
   });