diff --git a/pkg/generators/forwarding/fluentd/fluent_conf_test.go b/pkg/generators/forwarding/fluentd/fluent_conf_test.go
index 1a8ec190bc..6fe4b7b6b2 100644
--- a/pkg/generators/forwarding/fluentd/fluent_conf_test.go
+++ b/pkg/generators/forwarding/fluentd/fluent_conf_test.go
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Generating fluentd config", func() {
 				key log
 				partial_key logtag
 				partial_value P
-				separator \'\'
+				separator ''
 				</filter>
 				<match kubernetes.**>
 				@type relabel
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Generating fluentd config", func() {
 				key log
 				partial_key logtag
 				partial_value P
-				separator \'\'
+				separator ''
 				</filter>
 				<match kubernetes.**>
 				@type relabel
diff --git a/pkg/generators/forwarding/fluentd/templates.go b/pkg/generators/forwarding/fluentd/templates.go
index c3b3dd87ac..3e0e1526a3 100644
--- a/pkg/generators/forwarding/fluentd/templates.go
+++ b/pkg/generators/forwarding/fluentd/templates.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ const fluentConfTemplate = `{{- define "fluentConf" }}
 		key log
 		partial_key logtag
 		partial_value P
-		separator \'\'
+		separator ''
 	</filter>
 	<match kubernetes.**>
 		@type relabel