1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/parse.y b/parse.y
index 17361cd5d9..60d386b239 100644
--- a/parse.y
+++ b/parse.y
@@ -3082,7 +3082,7 @@ yylex()
 	    return '?';
 	}
 	c = nextc();
-	if (c == -1 || c == 10) {
+	if (c == -1) {
 	    rb_compile_error("incomplete character syntax");
 	    return 0;
 	}