diff --git a/sinatra-contrib/lib/sinatra/link_header.rb b/sinatra-contrib/lib/sinatra/link_header.rb
index fcf1dcb41..022c26bbd 100644
--- a/sinatra-contrib/lib/sinatra/link_header.rb
+++ b/sinatra-contrib/lib/sinatra/link_header.rb
@@ -89,10 +89,10 @@ def link(*urls)
       link          = (response['Link'] ||= '')
 
       urls.map do |url|
-        link << ",\n" unless link.empty?
+        link << "," unless link.empty?
         link << (http_pattern % url)
         html_pattern % url
-      end.join "\n"
+      end.join
     end
 
     ##
@@ -117,10 +117,10 @@ def link_headers
       yield if block_given?
       return '' unless response.include? 'Link'
 
-      response['Link'].split(",\n").map do |line|
+      response['Link'].split(",").map do |line|
         url, *opts = line.split(';').map(&:strip)
         "<link href=\"#{url[1..-2]}\" #{opts.join ' '} />"
-      end.join "\n"
+      end.join
     end
 
     def self.registered(_base)
diff --git a/sinatra-contrib/spec/link_header_spec.rb b/sinatra-contrib/spec/link_header_spec.rb
index f18cabb0f..dfd07c8e0 100644
--- a/sinatra-contrib/spec/link_header_spec.rb
+++ b/sinatra-contrib/spec/link_header_spec.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     it "takes an options hash" do
       get '/'
       elements = ["<something>", "foo=\"bar\"", "rel=\"from-filter\""]
-      expect(headers['Link'].split(",\n").first.strip.split('; ').sort).to eq(elements)
+      expect(headers['Link'].split(",").first.strip.split('; ').sort).to eq(elements)
     end
   end