diff --git a/apps/calendar/export.php b/apps/calendar/export.php
index ce36116c4c..9886ad8e8c 100644
--- a/apps/calendar/export.php
+++ b/apps/calendar/export.php
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ OC_Util::checkLoggedIn();
 OC_Util::checkAppEnabled('calendar');
 $cal = isset($_GET['calid']) ? $_GET['calid'] : NULL;
 $event = isset($_GET['eventid']) ? $_GET['eventid'] : NULL;
-$nl = '
-';
+$nl = "\n";
 if(isset($cal)){
 	$calendar = OC_Calendar_App::getCalendar($cal);
 	$calobjects = OC_Calendar_Object::all($cal);
diff --git a/apps/calendar/import.php b/apps/calendar/import.php
index d1186e691e..b1c6f91df8 100644
--- a/apps/calendar/import.php
+++ b/apps/calendar/import.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ ob_start();
 require_once ('../../lib/base.php');
 OC_JSON::checkLoggedIn();
 OC_Util::checkAppEnabled('calendar');
+$nl = "\n";
 $progressfile = 'import_tmp/' . md5(session_id()) . '.txt';
 if(is_writable('import_tmp/')){
 	$progressfopen = fopen($progressfile, 'w');
@@ -36,8 +37,7 @@ if(is_writable('import_tmp/')){
 }
 $searchfor = array('VEVENT', 'VTODO', 'VJOURNAL');
 $parts = $searchfor;
-$filearr = explode('
-', $file);
+$filearr = explode($nl, $file);
 $inelement = false;
 $parts = array();
 $i = 0;
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ if(is_writable('import_tmp/')){
 	fclose($progressfopen);
 }
 $start = '';
-$nl = '
-';
 for ($i = 0; $i < $parts[0]['begin']; $i++) { 
 	if($i == 0){
 		$start = $filearr[0];
diff --git a/apps/contacts/export.php b/apps/contacts/export.php
index d17b5e5514..fc2aa86500 100644
--- a/apps/contacts/export.php
+++ b/apps/contacts/export.php
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ OC_Util::checkLoggedIn();
 OC_Util::checkAppEnabled('contacts');
 $book = isset($_GET['bookid']) ? $_GET['bookid'] : NULL;
 $contact = isset($_GET['contactid']) ? $_GET['contactid'] : NULL;
-$nl = '
-';
+$nl = "\n";
 if(isset($book)){
 	$addressbook = OC_Contacts_App::getAddressbook($book);
 	if($addressbook['userid'] != OC_User::getUser()){