diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/ddf/TestEscherBSERecord.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/ddf/TestEscherBSERecord.java
index 0a86ef149f..184486b3bd 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/ddf/TestEscherBSERecord.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/ddf/TestEscherBSERecord.java
@@ -107,9 +107,7 @@ public final class TestEscherBSERecord {
             "\t, \"blipRecord\": null\n" +
             "\t, \"remainingData\": \"\"\n" +
             "}";
-        expected = expected.replace("\n", System.getProperty("line.separator"));
-        String actual = record.toString();
+        String actual = record.toString().replace("\r", "");
         assertEquals( expected, actual );
     }
-
 }