diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index b2ae8de16..74197519b 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ int http_error(const char *url, int ret)
 {
 	/* http_request has already handled HTTP_START_FAILED. */
 	if (ret != HTTP_START_FAILED)
-		error("%s while accessing %s\n", curl_errorstr, url);
+		error("%s while accessing %s", curl_errorstr, url);
 
 	return ret;
 }