diff --git a/tests/test_utils_iterators.py b/tests/test_utils_iterators.py
index 33fc4d570..5b0073fd1 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils_iterators.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils_iterators.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from scrapy.http import XmlResponse, TextResponse, Response
 from tests import get_testdata
 
 
-FOOBAR_NL = u"foo\nbar"
+FOOBAR_NL = "foo{}bar".format(os.linesep)
 
 
 class XmliterTestCase(unittest.TestCase):