diff --git a/lib/ansible/utils.py b/lib/ansible/utils.py
index 0b2dc345c0..4203d6e7da 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/utils.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/utils.py
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ def varReplaceFilesAndPipes(basedir, raw):
 
         start, end = m.span()
         done.append(raw[:start])    # Keep stuff leading up to token
-        done.append(replacement)    # Append replacement value
+        done.append(replacement.rstrip())    # Append replacement value
         raw = raw[end:]             # Continue with remainder of string
 
     return ''.join(done)