2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/cat.c b/coreutils/cat.c
index 65f0648f9..dae6089bd 100644
--- a/coreutils/cat.c
+++ b/coreutils/cat.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ int cat_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                 ns.start = 1;
                 ns.inc = 1;
                 ns.sep = "\t";
-                ns.empty_str = "\n";
+                ns.empty_str = NULL;
                 ns.all = !(opts & CAT_OPT_b); /* -n without -b */
                 ns.nonempty = (opts & CAT_OPT_b); /* -b (with or without -n) */
                 exitcode = EXIT_SUCCESS;
diff --git a/coreutils/nl.c b/coreutils/nl.c
index 800b73c26..d06673881 100644
--- a/coreutils/nl.c
+++ b/coreutils/nl.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ int nl_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                         &ns.width, &ns.sep, &ns.start, &ns.inc, &opt_b);
         ns.all = (opt_b[0] == 'a');
         ns.nonempty = (opt_b[0] == 't');
-        ns.empty_str = xasprintf("%*s\n", ns.width + (int)strlen(ns.sep), "");
+        ns.empty_str = xasprintf("%*s", ns.width + (int)strlen(ns.sep), "");
 
         argv += optind;
         if (!*argv)