diff --git a/test/standalone/c_embed_path/data/foo.data b/test/standalone/c_embed_path/data/foo.data
index 0f3e1106c9..54794fe957 100644
--- a/test/standalone/c_embed_path/data/foo.data
+++ b/test/standalone/c_embed_path/data/foo.data
@@ -1 +1 @@
-This text is the contents of foo.data
+This text is the contents of foo.data
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/standalone/c_embed_path/test.c b/test/standalone/c_embed_path/test.c
index babfdfe700..b2dc2f6210 100644
--- a/test/standalone/c_embed_path/test.c
+++ b/test/standalone/c_embed_path/test.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ int main(void) {
     const char data[] = {
 #embed <foo.data>
     };
-    const char *expected = "This text is the contents of foo.data\n";
+    const char *expected = "This text is the contents of foo.data";
     if (sizeof data == strlen(expected) && memcmp(data, expected, sizeof data) == 0) {
         return EXIT_SUCCESS;
     } else {