diff --git a/app/client/src/workers/evaluate.test.ts b/app/client/src/workers/evaluate.test.ts
index d658e35fc4..d708ce2952 100644
--- a/app/client/src/workers/evaluate.test.ts
+++ b/app/client/src/workers/evaluate.test.ts
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@ describe("evaluate", () => {
     const response = evaluate(js, {});
     expect(response.result).toBe("Hello!");
   });
-  it("unescapes string and removes linebreaks before evaluation", () => {
-    const js = "'Hello,\\nworld!'";
-    const response = evaluate(js, {});
-    expect(response.result).toBe("Hello,world!");
-  });
   it("throws error for undefined js", () => {
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
     // @ts-ignore
diff --git a/app/client/src/workers/evaluate.ts b/app/client/src/workers/evaluate.ts
index 6e182f1d88..37d9b91465 100644
--- a/app/client/src/workers/evaluate.ts
+++ b/app/client/src/workers/evaluate.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export default function evaluate(
   data: DataTree,
   callbackData?: Array<any>,
 ): EvalResult {
-  const unescapedJS = unescapeJS(js).replace(/(\r\n|\n|\r)/gm, "");
+  const unescapedJS = unescapeJS(js);
   const scriptToEvaluate = `
         const result = ${unescapedJS};
         return { result, triggers: self.triggers }