diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 92bfcf3094..443bdac81a 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Version 1.0
 - Add "pretty" and "compressed" separators definitions in jsonify() method.
   Reduces JSON response size when JSONIFY_PRETTYPRINT_REGULAR=False by removing
   unnecessary white space included by default after separators.
-- Added the ``JSONIFY_END_WITH_NEWLINE`` configuration variable.
+- JSON responses are now terminated with a newline character.
 
 
 Version 0.10.2
diff --git a/docs/config.rst b/docs/config.rst
index fb2db5077e..fb39b4c4a6 100644
--- a/docs/config.rst
+++ b/docs/config.rst
@@ -182,9 +182,6 @@ The following configuration values are used internally by Flask:
                                   if they are not requested by an
                                   XMLHttpRequest object (controlled by
                                   the ``X-Requested-With`` header)
-``JSONIFY_END_WITH_NEWLINE``      If this is set to ``True``, ``jsonify``
-                                  responses will be terminated with a newline
-                                  character.
 ``TEMPLATES_AUTO_RELOAD``         Whether to check for modifications of
                                   the template source and reload it
                                   automatically. By default the value is
diff --git a/flask/app.py b/flask/app.py
index c23d207078..7532b99091 100644
--- a/flask/app.py
+++ b/flask/app.py
@@ -297,7 +297,6 @@ def _set_request_globals_class(self, value):
         'JSON_AS_ASCII':                        True,
         'JSON_SORT_KEYS':                       True,
         'JSONIFY_PRETTYPRINT_REGULAR':          True,
-        'JSONIFY_END_WITH_NEWLINE':             False,
         'TEMPLATES_AUTO_RELOAD':                None,
     })
 
diff --git a/flask/json.py b/flask/json.py
index 036a89ad30..0e9d9ef2ed 100644
--- a/flask/json.py
+++ b/flask/json.py
@@ -232,9 +232,6 @@ def get_current_user():
     spaces after separators.
 
     .. versionadded:: 0.2
-
-    To ensure that the output is terminated with a newline, set the
-    ``JSONIFY_END_WITH_NEWLINE`` config parameter.
     """
 
     indent = None
@@ -248,9 +245,8 @@ def get_current_user():
     rv = current_app.response_class(
         dumps(dict(*args, **kwargs), indent=indent, separators=separators),
         mimetype='application/json')
-    if current_app.config['JSONIFY_END_WITH_NEWLINE']:
-        if not rv.data.endswith(b'\n'):
-            rv.data += b'\n'
+    if not rv.data.endswith(b'\n'):
+        rv.data += b'\n'
     return rv
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_basic.py b/tests/test_basic.py
index 87cf713cca..e214aee79b 100644
--- a/tests/test_basic.py
+++ b/tests/test_basic.py
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ def test_make_response_with_response_instance():
         rv = flask.make_response(
             flask.jsonify({'msg': 'W00t'}), 400)
         assert rv.status_code == 400
-        assert rv.data == b'{\n  "msg": "W00t"\n}'
+        assert rv.data == b'{\n  "msg": "W00t"\n}\n'
         assert rv.mimetype == 'application/json'
 
         rv = flask.make_response(
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ def test_jsonify_no_prettyprint():
     app = flask.Flask(__name__)
     app.config.update({"JSONIFY_PRETTYPRINT_REGULAR": False})
     with app.test_request_context():
-        compressed_msg = b'{"msg":{"submsg":"W00t"},"msg2":"foobar"}'
+        compressed_msg = b'{"msg":{"submsg":"W00t"},"msg2":"foobar"}\n'
         uncompressed_msg = {
             "msg": {
                 "submsg": "W00t"
@@ -979,19 +979,6 @@ def test_jsonify_no_prettyprint():
 def test_jsonify_prettyprint():
     app = flask.Flask(__name__)
     app.config.update({"JSONIFY_PRETTYPRINT_REGULAR": True})
-    with app.test_request_context():
-        compressed_msg = {"msg":{"submsg":"W00t"},"msg2":"foobar"}
-        pretty_response =\
-            b'{\n  "msg": {\n    "submsg": "W00t"\n  }, \n  "msg2": "foobar"\n}'
-
-        rv = flask.make_response(
-            flask.jsonify(compressed_msg), 200)
-        assert rv.data == pretty_response
-
-
-def test_jsonify_end_with_newline():
-    app = flask.Flask(__name__)
-    app.config.update({"JSONIFY_END_WITH_NEWLINE": True})
     with app.test_request_context():
         compressed_msg = {"msg":{"submsg":"W00t"},"msg2":"foobar"}
         pretty_response =\