diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/JavaTokensTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/JavaTokensTokenizerTest.java
index 74cb844c65..4339129cba 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/JavaTokensTokenizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/JavaTokensTokenizerTest.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class JavaTokensTokenizerTest {
         SourceCode sourceCode = new SourceCode(new SourceCode.StringCodeLoader(data));
         Tokens tokens = new Tokens();
         t.tokenize(sourceCode, tokens);
-        assertEquals("public class Foo {" + PMD.EOL + "public void bar() {}", sourceCode.getSlice(1, 2));
+        assertEquals("public class Foo {\npublic void bar() {}", sourceCode.getSlice(1, 2));
     }
 
     @Test