diff --git a/test/unit/repository_test.rb b/test/unit/repository_test.rb
index f3f4a3e5..00f3bdc0 100644
--- a/test/unit/repository_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/repository_test.rb
@@ -109,17 +109,13 @@ class RepositoryTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
 
   def test_for_changeset_comments_strip
     repository = Repository::Mercurial.create( :project => Project.find( 4 ), :url => '/foo/bar/baz' )
-    comment = <<-COMMENT
-    This is a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooong comment
-
-
-    COMMENT
+    comment = "This is a looooooooooooooong comment" + (" " * 80 + "\n") * 5
     changeset = Changeset.new(
       :comments => comment, :commit_date => Time.now, :revision => 0, :scmid => 'f39b7922fb3c',
       :committer => 'foo <foo@example.com>', :committed_on => Time.now, :repository => repository )
     assert( changeset.save )
     assert_not_equal( comment, changeset.comments )
-    assert_equal( 'This is a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooong comment', changeset.comments )
+    assert_equal( 'This is a looooooooooooooong comment', changeset.comments )
   end
 
   def test_for_urls_strip