diff --git a/salt/states/file.py b/salt/states/file.py
index f55baa6ab803..72c22542e534 100644
--- a/salt/states/file.py
+++ b/salt/states/file.py
@@ -3519,6 +3519,7 @@ def append(name,
 
     with salt.utils.fopen(name, 'rb') as fp_:
         slines = fp_.readlines()
+        slines = [item.rstrip() for item in slines]
 
     append_lines = []
     try: