diff --git a/tools/version-node.js b/tools/version-node.js
index a6b8c3bdd..8dee72d58 100644
--- a/tools/version-node.js
+++ b/tools/version-node.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function generateVersionHpp() {
   // Read version tag
   var ver1 = readAll("../Solutions/version.txt");
   // Remove end-of-line
-  ver1 = ver1.replace("\n", "");
+  ver1 = ver1.trim();
   // Replace placeholders in version tag
   ver1 = ver1.replace("year", verMinor).replace("day", verPatch);
 
diff --git a/tools/version.js b/tools/version.js
index 9820e5023..4f090e1be 100644
--- a/tools/version.js
+++ b/tools/version.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ function generateVersionHpp() {
   // Read version tag
   var ver1      = readAll("..\\Solutions\\version.txt");
   // Remove end-of-line
-  ver1 = ver1.replace("\n", "");
+  ver1 = ver1.trim();
   ver1 = updateYearAndDay(ver1);
   // console.log("version.txt => " + ver1 + "\n");
   var ver2 = ver1.split(".").join(",");