diff --git a/sdk/bp_test.go b/sdk/bp_test.go
index f89f38c1c..c630c2524 100644
--- a/sdk/bp_test.go
+++ b/sdk/bp_test.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func TestTransformRemoveProperty(t *testing.T) {
 
 	contents := &generatedContents{}
 	outputPropertySet(contents, set)
-	helper.AssertTrimmedStringEquals("removing property failed", "name: \"name\",\\n", contents.content.String())
+	helper.AssertTrimmedStringEquals("removing property failed", "name: \"name\",\n", contents.content.String())
 }
 
 func TestTransformRemovePropertySet(t *testing.T) {
@@ -72,5 +72,5 @@ func TestTransformRemovePropertySet(t *testing.T) {
 
 	contents := &generatedContents{}
 	outputPropertySet(contents, set)
-	helper.AssertTrimmedStringEquals("removing property set failed", "name: \"name\",\\n", contents.content.String())
+	helper.AssertTrimmedStringEquals("removing property set failed", "name: \"name\",\n", contents.content.String())
 }
diff --git a/sdk/testing.go b/sdk/testing.go
index 14a397c68..436175419 100644
--- a/sdk/testing.go
+++ b/sdk/testing.go
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ type testSdkResult struct {
 // e.g. find the src/dest pairs from each cp command, the various zip files
 // generated, etc.
 func (r *testSdkResult) getSdkSnapshotBuildInfo(sdk *sdk) *snapshotBuildInfo {
-	androidBpContents := strings.NewReplacer("\\n", "\n").Replace(sdk.GetAndroidBpContentsForTests())
+	androidBpContents := sdk.GetAndroidBpContentsForTests()
 
 	info := &snapshotBuildInfo{
 		r:                 r,
diff --git a/sdk/update.go b/sdk/update.go
index d43a42d6e..476a4a5ea 100644
--- a/sdk/update.go
+++ b/sdk/update.go
@@ -87,18 +87,23 @@ func (gc *generatedContents) Dedent() {
 }
 
 func (gc *generatedContents) Printfln(format string, args ...interface{}) {
-	// ninja consumes newline characters in rspfile_content. Prevent it by
-	// escaping the backslash in the newline character. The extra backslash
-	// is removed when the rspfile is written to the actual script file
-	fmt.Fprintf(&(gc.content), strings.Repeat("    ", gc.indentLevel)+format+"\\n", args...)
+	fmt.Fprintf(&(gc.content), strings.Repeat("    ", gc.indentLevel)+format+"\n", args...)
 }
 
 func (gf *generatedFile) build(pctx android.PackageContext, ctx android.BuilderContext, implicits android.Paths) {
 	rb := android.NewRuleBuilder()
-	// convert \\n to \n
+
+	content := gf.content.String()
+
+	// ninja consumes newline characters in rspfile_content. Prevent it by
+	// escaping the backslash in the newline character. The extra backslash
+	// is removed when the rspfile is written to the actual script file
+	content = strings.ReplaceAll(content, "\n", "\\n")
+
 	rb.Command().
 		Implicits(implicits).
-		Text("echo").Text(proptools.ShellEscape(gf.content.String())).
+		Text("echo").Text(proptools.ShellEscape(content)).
+		// convert \\n to \n
 		Text("| sed 's/\\\\n/\\n/g' >").Output(gf.path)
 	rb.Command().
 		Text("chmod a+x").Output(gf.path)