diff --git a/org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.tests/src/org/eclipse/xtext/xbase/tests/compiler/Compiler2Tests.java b/org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.tests/src/org/eclipse/xtext/xbase/tests/compiler/Compiler2Tests.java
index a18a6b70a68..9b13b56fc60 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.tests/src/org/eclipse/xtext/xbase/tests/compiler/Compiler2Tests.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.tests/src/org/eclipse/xtext/xbase/tests/compiler/Compiler2Tests.java
@@ -2201,14 +2201,14 @@ public void testStringLiteralWithUnixEOL_Issue2293() throws Exception {
 	@Test
 	public void testStringLiteralWithWindowsEOL_Issue2293() throws Exception {
 		compilesTo(
-				"{var s = \"a multiline\r\nstring\"}",
-				"String s = \"a multiline\\nstring\";");
+				"{var s = \"a multiline\r\nstring\\r\\nstring\"}",
+				"String s = \"a multiline\\nstring\\nstring\";");
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void testStringLiteralWithEscapedWindowsEOL_Issue2293() throws Exception {
+	public void testStringLiteralWithCarriageReturn_Issue2293() throws Exception {
 		compilesTo(
-				"{var s = \"a multiline\\\\r\nstring\"}",
-				"String s = \"a multiline\\\\r\\nstring\";");
+				"{\"astring\".toString.replace(\"\\r\", \"\");}",
+				"return \"astring\".toString().replace(\"\\r\", \"\");");
 	}
 }
diff --git a/org.eclipse.xtext.xbase/src/org/eclipse/xtext/xbase/compiler/LiteralsCompiler.java b/org.eclipse.xtext.xbase/src/org/eclipse/xtext/xbase/compiler/LiteralsCompiler.java
index 5ef0c774b11..c528982ee35 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.xtext.xbase/src/org/eclipse/xtext/xbase/compiler/LiteralsCompiler.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.xtext.xbase/src/org/eclipse/xtext/xbase/compiler/LiteralsCompiler.java
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ protected void toJavaExpression(XStringLiteral literal, ITreeAppendable appendab
 			// this would result in different generated Java files in Windows
 			// see https://github.com/eclipse/xtext/issues/2293
 			// This is aligned with Java text blocks' "Normalization of Line Terminators"
-			String normalizationOfLineTerminators = literal.getValue().replace("\r", "");
+			String normalizationOfLineTerminators = Strings.toUnixLineSeparator(literal.getValue());
 			String javaString = Strings.convertToJavaString(normalizationOfLineTerminators, useUnicodeEscapes);
 			appendable.append("\"").append(javaString).append("\"");
 		}
diff --git a/org.eclipse.xtext.xbase/src/org/eclipse/xtext/xbase/interpreter/impl/XbaseInterpreter.java b/org.eclipse.xtext.xbase/src/org/eclipse/xtext/xbase/interpreter/impl/XbaseInterpreter.java
index de19f728893..7539da3e4aa 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.xtext.xbase/src/org/eclipse/xtext/xbase/interpreter/impl/XbaseInterpreter.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.xtext.xbase/src/org/eclipse/xtext/xbase/interpreter/impl/XbaseInterpreter.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.xtext.nodemodel.util.NodeModelUtils;
 import org.eclipse.xtext.util.CancelIndicator;
 import org.eclipse.xtext.util.ReflectionUtil;
+import org.eclipse.xtext.util.Strings;
 import org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.XAbstractFeatureCall;
 import org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.XAssignment;
 import org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.XBasicForLoopExpression;
@@ -324,7 +325,7 @@ protected Object _doEvaluate(XStringLiteral literal, IEvaluationContext context,
 			return literal.getValue().charAt(0);
 		}
 		// see org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.compiler.LiteralsCompiler.toJavaExpression(XStringLiteral, ITreeAppendable, boolean)
-		return literal.getValue().replace("\r", "");
+		return Strings.toUnixLineSeparator(literal.getValue());
 	}
 
 	/**