diff --git a/tools/generator_utils.cpp b/tools/generator_utils.cpp
index 19df2b3..5686f6b 100644
--- a/tools/generator_utils.cpp
+++ b/tools/generator_utils.cpp
@@ -30,17 +30,9 @@ using namespace std;
 
 const char *tab = "    ";
 
-const char *header = "\n\
-/*\n\
- *	This file was automatically generated by dbusxx-xml2cpp; DO NOT EDIT!\n\
- */\n\
-\n\
-";
+const char *header = "\n/*\n *	This file was automatically generated by dbusxx-xml2cpp; DO NOT EDIT!\n */\n\n";
 
-const char *dbus_includes = "\n\
-#include <dbus-c++/dbus.h>\n\
-#include <cassert>\n\
-";
+const char *dbus_includes = "\n#include <dbus-c++/dbus.h>\n#include <cassert>\n";
 
 void underscorize(string &str)
 {