diff --git a/scripts/projects.py b/scripts/projects.py
index 01b1f3ed..5b20250e 100644
--- a/scripts/projects.py
+++ b/scripts/projects.py
@@ -435,6 +435,9 @@ def add_modules_from_project_txt(buf, visited, spec, section, key, add_self, sco
             subscope = 2
         deps = deps.split(',')
         for dep in deps:
+            dep = dep.strip()
+            if not(len(dep)):
+                continue
             add_modules_from_project_txt_cached(buf, visited, dep,
                     section, key, add_self=True, scope=subscope,
                     names_only=names_only)