diff --git a/tests/test-integration/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/test/AbstractJettyTestCase.java b/tests/test-integration/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/test/AbstractJettyTestCase.java
index b6246ce9125..900aa7cf544 100644
--- a/tests/test-integration/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/test/AbstractJettyTestCase.java
+++ b/tests/test-integration/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/test/AbstractJettyTestCase.java
@@ -95,34 +95,4 @@ public abstract class AbstractJettyTestCase extends TestCase
 
         throw new AssertionFailedError("No valid connector port found.");
     }
-    
-    /**
-     * Utility method to convert "\n" found to "\r\n" if running on windows.
-     * 
-     * @param str
-     *            input string.
-     * @return
-     */
-    public String toSystemLN(String str)
-    {
-        if (!IS_ON_WINDOWS)
-        {
-            return str;
-        }
-        
-        StringBuffer ret = new StringBuffer();
-        for (char c : str.toCharArray())
-        {
-            switch (c)
-            {
-                case '\n':
-                    ret.append("\r\n");
-                    break;
-                default:
-                    ret.append(c);
-            }
-        }
-        
-        return ret.toString();
-    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/test-integration/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/test/DefaultHandlerTest.java b/tests/test-integration/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/test/DefaultHandlerTest.java
index 88012c45fbc..0906e7835f0 100644
--- a/tests/test-integration/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/test/DefaultHandlerTest.java
+++ b/tests/test-integration/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/test/DefaultHandlerTest.java
@@ -78,8 +78,9 @@ public class DefaultHandlerTest extends AbstractJettyTestCase
         InputStream in = conn.getInputStream();
 
         String response = IO.toString(in);
+        String expected = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ\n";
         
-        assertEquals("Response",toSystemLN("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ\n"),response);
+        assertEquals("Response",expected,response);
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/tests/test-integration/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/test/rfcs/RFC2616BaseTest.java b/tests/test-integration/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/test/rfcs/RFC2616BaseTest.java
index c8787a784c4..5d65fe87cce 100644
--- a/tests/test-integration/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/test/rfcs/RFC2616BaseTest.java
+++ b/tests/test-integration/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/test/rfcs/RFC2616BaseTest.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import org.junit.Test;
  */
 public abstract class RFC2616BaseTest extends AbstractJettyTestCase
 {
+    private static final String ALPHA = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ\n";
     /** STRICT RFC TESTS */
     private static final boolean STRICT = false;
     private List<HttpResponseTester> responses;
@@ -1135,7 +1136,7 @@ public abstract class RFC2616BaseTest extends AbstractJettyTestCase
         response = http.request(req1);
 
         response.assertStatusOK();
-        response.assertBody("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ\n");
+        response.assertBody(ALPHA);
     }
 
     private void assertBadContentRange(String rangedef) throws IOException
@@ -1251,7 +1252,7 @@ public abstract class RFC2616BaseTest extends AbstractJettyTestCase
     @Test
     public void test14_16_PartialRange() throws Exception
     {
-        String alpha = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ\n";
+        String alpha = ALPHA;
 
         // server should not return a 416 if at least one syntactically valid ranges
         // are is satisfiable
@@ -1271,7 +1272,7 @@ public abstract class RFC2616BaseTest extends AbstractJettyTestCase
     @Test
     public void test14_16_PartialRange_MixedRanges() throws Exception
     {
-        String alpha = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ\n";
+        String alpha = ALPHA;
 
         // server should not return a 416 if at least one syntactically valid ranges
         // are is satisfiable
@@ -1313,7 +1314,7 @@ public abstract class RFC2616BaseTest extends AbstractJettyTestCase
     @Test
     public void test14_16_PartialRange_MixedBytes() throws Exception
     {
-        String alpha = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ\n";
+        String alpha = ALPHA;
 
         // server should not return a 416 if at least one syntactically valid ranges
         // are is satisfiable
@@ -1352,7 +1353,7 @@ public abstract class RFC2616BaseTest extends AbstractJettyTestCase
     @Test
     public void test14_16_PartialRange_MixedMultiple() throws Exception
     {
-        String alpha = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ\n";
+        String alpha = ALPHA;
 
         // server should not return a 416 if at least one syntactically valid ranges
         // are is satisfiable
@@ -1506,7 +1507,7 @@ public abstract class RFC2616BaseTest extends AbstractJettyTestCase
         // tested yet
         //
 
-        String alpha = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ\n";
+        String alpha = ALPHA;
 
         // First 3 bytes
         assertByteRange("bytes=0-2","0-2/27",alpha.substring(0,2 + 1));
@@ -1661,7 +1662,7 @@ public abstract class RFC2616BaseTest extends AbstractJettyTestCase
         // tested yet
         //
 
-        String alpha = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ\n";
+        String alpha = ALPHA;
 
         // server should not return a 416 if at least one syntactically valid ranges
         // are is satisfiable
diff --git a/tests/test-integration/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/test/support/StringUtil.java b/tests/test-integration/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/test/support/StringUtil.java
index 55f0eaa7ed9..6c34557e086 100644
--- a/tests/test-integration/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/test/support/StringUtil.java
+++ b/tests/test-integration/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/test/support/StringUtil.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ package org.eclipse.jetty.test.support;
 
 public class StringUtil
 {
+    public static final String LN = System.getProperty("line.separator");
+    
     public static boolean isBlank(String str)
     {
         if (str == null)
@@ -101,4 +103,38 @@ public class StringUtil
 
         return ret;
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Utility method to convert "\n" found to "\r\n" if running on windows.
+     * 
+     * @param str
+     *            input string.
+     * @return
+     */
+    public static String toSystemLN(String str)
+    {
+        boolean linesep = false;
+        StringBuffer ret = new StringBuffer();
+        for (char c : str.toCharArray())
+        {
+            switch (c)
+            {
+                case '\r':
+                    linesep = true;
+                    break;
+                case '\n':
+                    linesep = true;
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    if (linesep)
+                    {
+                        ret.append(LN);
+                        linesep = false;
+                    }
+                    ret.append(c);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return ret.toString();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/test-integration/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/test/support/rawhttp/HttpResponseTester.java b/tests/test-integration/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/test/support/rawhttp/HttpResponseTester.java
index a7b97d030e8..07deaf00287 100644
--- a/tests/test-integration/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/test/support/rawhttp/HttpResponseTester.java
+++ b/tests/test-integration/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/test/support/rawhttp/HttpResponseTester.java
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ import org.eclipse.jetty.util.ByteArrayOutputStream2;
  */
 public class HttpResponseTester
 {
-    private static final boolean IS_ON_WINDOWS = System.getProperty("os.name").startsWith("Windows");
-    
     private class PH extends HttpParser.EventHandler
     {
         @Override
@@ -344,45 +342,17 @@ public class HttpResponseTester
     public void assertBody(String expected)
     {
         Assert.assertNotNull("Response.content should not be null",this.content);
-        Assert.assertEquals("Response.content",toSystemLN(expected),this.content.toString());
+        String actual = this.content.toString();
+        Assert.assertEquals("Response.content",expected,actual);
     }
 
     public void assertBody(String msg, String expected)
     {
         Assert.assertNotNull(msg + ": Response.content should not be null",this.content);
-        Assert.assertEquals(msg + ": Response.content",toSystemLN(expected),this.content.toString());
+        String actual = this.content.toString();
+        Assert.assertEquals(msg + ": Response.content",expected,actual);
     }
     
-    /**
-     * Utility method to convert "\n" found to "\r\n" if running on windows.
-     * 
-     * @param str
-     *            input string.
-     * @return
-     */
-    public String toSystemLN(String str)
-    {
-        if (!IS_ON_WINDOWS)
-        {
-            return str;
-        }
-        
-        StringBuffer ret = new StringBuffer();
-        for (char c : str.toCharArray())
-        {
-            switch (c)
-            {
-                case '\n':
-                    ret.append("\r\n");
-                    break;
-                default:
-                    ret.append(c);
-            }
-        }
-
-        return ret.toString();
-    }
-
     public void assertNoBody(String msg)
     {
         Assert.assertNull(msg + ": Response.content should be null",this.content);
diff --git a/tests/test-integration/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/test/support/rawhttp/HttpResponseTesterTest.java b/tests/test-integration/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/test/support/rawhttp/HttpResponseTesterTest.java
index 91018005b97..f06bd70ca88 100644
--- a/tests/test-integration/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/test/support/rawhttp/HttpResponseTesterTest.java
+++ b/tests/test-integration/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/test/support/rawhttp/HttpResponseTesterTest.java
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ public class HttpResponseTesterTest extends AbstractJettyTestCase
         assertEquals("Response[Content-Length]",28,response.getLongHeader("Content-Length"));
         assertEquals("Response[Connection]","close",response.getHeader("Connection"));
 
-        assertEquals("Response.content",toSystemLN("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTTUVWXYZ\n"),response.getContent().toString());
+        String expected = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTTUVWXYZ\n";
+
+        assertEquals("Response.content",expected,response.getContent().toString());
     }
 
     @Test