@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def make_load_file(filename, encoding='utf-8'):
         # Syntax is noisy and requires specific variable names
         # And seems to be limited to only 1 argument.
         with io.open(filepath(filename), encoding=encoding) as f:
-            return f.read()
+            return f.read().strip()
 
     return make_load_file
 
 
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ def test_format_accepts_encoding(load_file):
     # issue20
     sql = load_file('test_cp1251.sql', 'cp1251')
     formatted = sqlparse.format(sql, reindent=True, encoding='cp1251')
-    tformatted = u'insert into foo\nvalues (1); -- Песня про надежду\n'
+    tformatted = u'insert into foo\nvalues (1); -- Песня про надежду'
 
     assert formatted == tformatted