diff --git a/htmlparser/src/nsHTMLTokens.cpp b/htmlparser/src/nsHTMLTokens.cpp
index c7fdb8935a66..6cc33fd995ea 100644
--- a/htmlparser/src/nsHTMLTokens.cpp
+++ b/htmlparser/src/nsHTMLTokens.cpp
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ nsresult ConsumeQuotedString(PRUnichar aChar,nsString& aString,nsScanner& aScann
   PRUnichar ch=aString.Last();
   if(ch!=aChar)
     aString+=aChar;
-  aString.ReplaceChar(PRUnichar('\n'),PRUnichar(' '));
+  // aString.ReplaceChar(PRUnichar('\n'),PRUnichar(' '));
   aString.StripChars("\r"); //per the HTML spec, ignore linefeeds...
   return result;
 }
diff --git a/parser/htmlparser/src/nsHTMLTokens.cpp b/parser/htmlparser/src/nsHTMLTokens.cpp
index c7fdb8935a66..6cc33fd995ea 100644
--- a/parser/htmlparser/src/nsHTMLTokens.cpp
+++ b/parser/htmlparser/src/nsHTMLTokens.cpp
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ nsresult ConsumeQuotedString(PRUnichar aChar,nsString& aString,nsScanner& aScann
   PRUnichar ch=aString.Last();
   if(ch!=aChar)
     aString+=aChar;
-  aString.ReplaceChar(PRUnichar('\n'),PRUnichar(' '));
+  // aString.ReplaceChar(PRUnichar('\n'),PRUnichar(' '));
   aString.StripChars("\r"); //per the HTML spec, ignore linefeeds...
   return result;
 }