diff --git a/build.js b/build.js
index e05dd40e2..eae01db09 100644
--- a/build.js
+++ b/build.js
@@ -92,5 +92,5 @@ fs.writeFileSync('data/data.js', 'iD.data = ' + JSON.stringify({
 var core = YAML.load(fs.readFileSync('data/core.yaml', 'utf8'));
 var presets = YAML.load(fs.readFileSync('data/presets.yaml', 'utf8'));
 var en = _.merge(core, presets);
-var out = 'locale.en = ' + JSON.stringify(en.en, null, 4) + ';\n';
+var out = 'locale.en = ' + JSON.stringify(en.en, null, 4) + ';';
 fs.writeFileSync('data/locales.js', fs.readFileSync('data/locales.js', 'utf8').replace(/locale.en =[^;]*;/, out));