diff --git a/tools/update_buildinfo.sh b/tools/update_buildinfo.sh
index 9e8a553a..d07c51dd 100755
--- a/tools/update_buildinfo.sh
+++ b/tools/update_buildinfo.sh
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ cat > $TEMPFILE << EndOfMessage
 #define __BUILDINFO_H__
 EndOfMessage
 
-if [ -n "$USER_PROLOG" ]; then
-  USER_PROLOG_LINE="$USER_PROLOG"\\n
-fi
-
 echo "#define USER_PROLOG \""$USER_PROLOG"\"" >> $TEMPFILE
 echo "#define BUILDINFO_BRANCH \""$BRANCH"\"" >> $TEMPFILE
 echo "#define BUILDINFO_COMMIT_ID \""$COMMIT_ID"\"" >> $TEMPFILE
@@ -57,7 +53,7 @@ echo "#define BUILDINFO_MODULES \""$MODULES"\"" >> $TEMPFILE
 
 cat >> $TEMPFILE << EndOfMessage2
 #define NODE_VERSION_LONG \\
-  "$USER_PROLOG_LINE" \\
+  "$USER_PROLOG \n" \\
   "\tbranch: " BUILDINFO_BRANCH "\n" \\
   "\tcommit: " BUILDINFO_COMMIT_ID "\n" \\
   "\trelease: " BUILDINFO_RELEASE "\n" \\