diff --git a/helpers/content.go b/helpers/content.go
index f3d8bd94f..afefb604d 100644
--- a/helpers/content.go
+++ b/helpers/content.go
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ var SummaryLength = 70
 // SummaryDivider denotes where content summarization should end. The default is "<!--more-->".
 var SummaryDivider = []byte("<!--more-->")
 
-var summaryDividerAndNewLines = []byte("<!--more-->\n\n")
-
 // Blackfriday holds configuration values for Blackfriday rendering.
 type Blackfriday struct {
 	Smartypants                      bool
diff --git a/hugolib/page.go b/hugolib/page.go
index 1acd9c056..fa43f4d4e 100644
--- a/hugolib/page.go
+++ b/hugolib/page.go
@@ -237,8 +237,7 @@ func (p *Page) lineNumRawContentStart() int {
 }
 
 var (
-	internalSummaryDivider            = []byte("HUGOMORE42")
-	internalSummaryDividerAndNewLines = []byte("HUGOMORE42\n\n")
+	internalSummaryDivider = []byte("HUGOMORE42")
 )
 
 // Returns the page as summary and main if a user defined split is provided.