diff --git a/tests/test_utils_iterators.py b/tests/test_utils_iterators.py
index b2e8610f8..f953076b8 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils_iterators.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils_iterators.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from scrapy.utils.iterators import csviter, xmliter, _body_or_str, xmliter_lxml
 from scrapy.http import XmlResponse, TextResponse, Response
 from tests import get_testdata
 
-FOOBAR_NL = u"foo" + os.linesep + u"bar"
+FOOBAR_NL = u"foo\nbar"
 
 
 class XmliterTestCase(unittest.TestCase):