diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b7f268b2..00000000
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"python.linting.enabled": false,
-	"python.testing.unittestArgs": [
-		"-v",
-		"-s",
-		"./test",
-		"-p",
-		"test_*.py"
-	],
-	"python.testing.pytestEnabled": false,
-	"python.testing.unittestEnabled": true
-}
diff --git a/test/test_autopep8.py b/test/test_autopep8.py
index 1a6947b7..40b65465 100755
--- a/test/test_autopep8.py
+++ b/test/test_autopep8.py
@@ -5836,6 +5836,7 @@ def test_parallel_jobs_with_diff_option(self):
                           ['--jobs=3', '--diff'], stdout=PIPE)
                 p.wait()
                 output = p.stdout.read().decode()
+                output = output.replace("\r\n","\n")  # windows compatibility
                 p.stdout.close()
 
                 actual_diffs = []
@@ -5844,9 +5845,9 @@ def test_parallel_jobs_with_diff_option(self):
 --- original/{filename}
 +++ fixed/{filename}
 @@ -1 +1 @@
--'abc'
+-'abc'  {blank}
 +'abc'
-""".format(filename=filename))
+""".format(filename=filename, blank=""))  # in case the users IDE trims leaning whitespace
                 self.assertEqual(p.returncode, autopep8.EXIT_CODE_OK)
                 for actual_diff in actual_diffs:
                     self.assertIn(actual_diff, output)