diff --git a/src/mixins/itext.svg_export.js b/src/mixins/itext.svg_export.js
index a5f2ee5c..d17910c8 100644
--- a/src/mixins/itext.svg_export.js
+++ b/src/mixins/itext.svg_export.js
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@
         (this.fontStyle ? 'font-style="' + this.fontStyle + '" ' : ''),
         (this.fontWeight ? 'font-weight="' + this.fontWeight + '" ' : ''),
         (textDecoration ? 'text-decoration="' + textDecoration + '" ' : ''),
-        'style="', this.getSvgStyles(noShadow), '"', this.addPaintOrder(), ' >\n',
+        'style="', this.getSvgStyles(noShadow), '"', this.addPaintOrder(), ' >',
         textAndBg.textSpans.join(''),
-        '\t\t</text>\n',
+        '</text>\n',
         '\t</g>\n'
       );
     },
@@ -91,11 +91,11 @@
           fillStyles = styleProps ? 'style="' + styleProps + '"' : '';
 
       return [
-        '\t\t\t<tspan x="', toFixed(left, NUM_FRACTION_DIGITS), '" y="',
+        '<tspan x="', toFixed(left, NUM_FRACTION_DIGITS), '" y="',
         toFixed(top, NUM_FRACTION_DIGITS), '" ',
         fillStyles, '>',
         fabric.util.string.escapeXml(_char),
-        '</tspan>\n'
+        '</tspan>'
       ].join('');
     },
 
diff --git a/test/unit/text.js b/test/unit/text.js
index e210578d..55f4de2b 100644
--- a/test/unit/text.js
+++ b/test/unit/text.js
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@
     'styles':                     {}
   };
 
-  var TEXT_SVG = '\t<g transform="translate(10.5 26.72)">\n\t\t<text xml:space="preserve" font-family="Times New Roman" font-size="40" font-style="normal" font-weight="normal" style="stroke: none; stroke-width: 1; stroke-dasharray: none; stroke-linecap: butt; stroke-linejoin: miter; stroke-miterlimit: 10; fill: rgb(0,0,0); fill-rule: nonzero; opacity: 1; white-space: pre;" >\n\t\t\t<tspan x="-10" y="12.57" >x</tspan>\n\t\t</text>\n\t</g>\n';
-  var TEXT_SVG_JUSTIFIED = '\t<g transform="translate(50.5 26.72)">\n\t\t<text xml:space="preserve" font-family="Times New Roman" font-size="40" font-style="normal" font-weight="normal" style="stroke: none; stroke-width: 1; stroke-dasharray: none; stroke-linecap: butt; stroke-linejoin: miter; stroke-miterlimit: 10; fill: rgb(0,0,0); fill-rule: nonzero; opacity: 1; white-space: pre;" >\n\t\t\t<tspan x="-60" y="-13.65" >xxxxxx</tspan>\n\t\t\t<tspan x="-60" y="38.78" style="white-space: pre; ">x </tspan>\n\t\t\t<tspan x=\"40\" y=\"38.78\" >y</tspan>\n\t\t</text>\n\t</g>\n';
+  var TEXT_SVG = '\t<g transform="translate(10.5 26.72)">\n\t\t<text xml:space="preserve" font-family="Times New Roman" font-size="40" font-style="normal" font-weight="normal" style="stroke: none; stroke-width: 1; stroke-dasharray: none; stroke-linecap: butt; stroke-linejoin: miter; stroke-miterlimit: 10; fill: rgb(0,0,0); fill-rule: nonzero; opacity: 1; white-space: pre;" ><tspan x="-10" y="12.57" >x</tspan></text>\n\t</g>\n';
+  var TEXT_SVG_JUSTIFIED = '\t<g transform="translate(50.5 26.72)">\n\t\t<text xml:space="preserve" font-family="Times New Roman" font-size="40" font-style="normal" font-weight="normal" style="stroke: none; stroke-width: 1; stroke-dasharray: none; stroke-linecap: butt; stroke-linejoin: miter; stroke-miterlimit: 10; fill: rgb(0,0,0); fill-rule: nonzero; opacity: 1; white-space: pre;" ><tspan x="-60" y="-13.65" >xxxxxx</tspan><tspan x="-60" y="38.78" style="white-space: pre; ">x </tspan><tspan x=\"40\" y=\"38.78\" >y</tspan></text>\n\t</g>\n';
 
   QUnit.test('constructor', function(assert) {
     assert.ok(fabric.Text);