diff --git a/tests_new/integration/roles/test_facts_d/tasks/main.yml b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_facts_d/tasks/main.yml
index 93480ef775..3b5bba4075 100644
--- a/tests_new/integration/roles/test_facts_d/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_facts_d/tasks/main.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 - set_fact: fact_dir={{output_dir}}/facts.d
 
 - file: path={{ fact_dir }} state=directory
-- shell: echo "[general]\nbar=loaded\n" > {{ fact_dir }}/preferences.fact
+- shell: echo "[general]" > {{ fact_dir }}/preferences.fact
+- shell: echo "bar=loaded" >> {{ fact_dir }}/preferences.fact
 
 - setup: 
     fact_path: "{{ fact_dir | expanduser }}"