diff --git a/libraries/common.lib.php b/libraries/common.lib.php
index fe67a9f94..5c31d9782 100644
--- a/libraries/common.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/common.lib.php
@@ -2644,21 +2644,4 @@ function PMA_replace_binary_contents($content) {
     $result = str_replace("\x1a", '\Z', $result);
     return $result;
 }
-
-/**
- *
- * If the first character given is \n (CR) we will add an extra \n
- *
- * @uses    strpos()
- * @return  string with the chars replaced
- */
-
-function PMA_duplicateFirstNewline($string){
-	$first_occurence = strpos($string, "\n");
-	if($first_occurence == 1){
-		$string = "\n".$string;
-	}
-	return $string;
-}
-
 ?>
diff --git a/tbl_change.php b/tbl_change.php
index c07e3ad9d..a3cf90b54 100644
--- a/tbl_change.php
+++ b/tbl_change.php
@@ -429,10 +429,6 @@ foreach ($rows as $row_id => $vrow) {
                     $vrow[$field['Field']] = PMA_replace_binary_contents($vrow[$field['Field']]); 
                 } // end if
                 $special_chars   = htmlspecialchars($vrow[$field['Field']]);
-		
-		//We need to duplicate the first \n or otherwise we will lose the first newline entered in a VARCHAR or TEXT column
-	        $special_chars_encoded = PMA_duplicateFirstNewline($special_chars);
-
                 $data            = $vrow[$field['Field']];
             } // end if... else...
             // loic1: if a timestamp field value is not included in an update
@@ -661,7 +657,7 @@ foreach ($rows as $row_id => $vrow) {
                     id="field_<?php echo ($idindex); ?>_3"
                     <?php echo $unnullify_trigger; ?>
                     tabindex="<?php echo ($tabindex + $tabindex_for_value); ?>"
-                    ><?php echo $special_chars_encoded; ?></textarea>
+                    ><?php echo $special_chars; ?></textarea>
           <?php
         } elseif (strstr($field['pma_type'], 'text')) {
             echo $backup_field . "\n";
@@ -673,7 +669,7 @@ foreach ($rows as $row_id => $vrow) {
                     id="field_<?php echo ($idindex); ?>_3"
                     <?php echo $unnullify_trigger; ?>
                     tabindex="<?php echo ($tabindex + $tabindex_for_value); ?>"
-                    ><?php echo $special_chars_encoded; ?></textarea>
+                    ><?php echo $special_chars; ?></textarea>
             <?php
             echo "\n";
             if (strlen($special_chars) > 32000) {
@@ -871,7 +867,7 @@ foreach ($rows as $row_id => $vrow) {
                     id="field_<?php echo ($idindex); ?>_3"
                     <?php echo $unnullify_trigger; ?>
                     tabindex="<?php echo ($tabindex + $tabindex_for_value); ?>"
-                    ><?php echo $special_chars_encoded; ?></textarea>
+                    ><?php echo $special_chars; ?></textarea>
                 <?php
 
             } else {
@@ -1008,7 +1004,7 @@ foreach ($rows as $row_id => $vrow) {
                     id="field_<?php echo ($idindex); ?>_3"
                     <?php echo $unnullify_trigger; ?>
                     tabindex="<?php echo ($tabindex + $tabindex_for_value); ?>"
-                    ><?php echo $special_chars_encoded; ?></textarea>
+                    ><?php echo $special_chars; ?></textarea>
                 <?php
             } else {
                 ?>