1 files changed, 0 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib-src/make-docfile.c b/lib-src/make-docfile.c
index 1308f6c8ed8..b038415deed 100644
--- a/lib-src/make-docfile.c
+++ b/lib-src/make-docfile.c
@@ -690,7 +690,6 @@ scan_lisp_file (filename)
          The opening quote (and leading backslash-newline) have already
          been read.
        */
-      putc ('\n', outfile);
       putc (037, outfile);
       putc (type, outfile);
       fprintf (outfile, "%s\n", buffer);