diff --git a/builtin/mainmenu/content/dlg_package.lua b/builtin/mainmenu/content/dlg_package.lua
index d73d195088..2a1edaf4c2 100644
--- a/builtin/mainmenu/content/dlg_package.lua
+++ b/builtin/mainmenu/content/dlg_package.lua
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ local function get_formspec(data)
 					hypertext = hypertext..
 						markup((def["release_notes"]
 							:gsub("<!--.*", ""))
-							:gsub("[\r\n]+$", ""))
+							:trim())
 						.."\n"
 				end