diff --git a/activitypub.c b/activitypub.c
index 8c0c423..8bcb6b0 100644
--- a/activitypub.c
+++ b/activitypub.c
@@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ xs_dict *msg_actor(snac *snac)
     else
     if (xs_type(md) == XSTYPE_STRING) {
         metadata = xs_dict_new();
-        xs *l = xs_split(md, "\r\n");
+        xs *l = xs_split(md, "\n");
         const char *ll;
 
         xs_list_foreach(l, ll) {
diff --git a/html.c b/html.c
index 7f7c2c7..df9e4e3 100644
--- a/html.c
+++ b/html.c
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ static xs_html *html_user_body(snac *user, int read_only)
         if (xs_type(md) == XSTYPE_STRING) {
             /* convert to dict for easier iteration */
             metadata = xs_dict_new();
-            xs *l = xs_split(md, "\r\n");
+            xs *l = xs_split(md, "\n");
             const char *ll;
 
             xs_list_foreach(l, ll) {