diff --git a/Zend/zend-scanner.l b/Zend/zend-scanner.l
index ce76c75e504..35f6f50f402 100644
--- a/Zend/zend-scanner.l
+++ b/Zend/zend-scanner.l
@@ -905,7 +905,6 @@ ESCAPED_AND_WHITESPACE [\n\t\r #'.:;,()|^&+-/*=%!~<>?@]+
 
 
 <INITIAL>"<%=" {
-	HANDLE_NEWLINES(yytext,yyleng);
 	if (CG(asp_tags)) {
 		zendlval->value.str.val = yytext; /* no copying - intentional */
 		zendlval->value.str.len = yyleng;
@@ -922,7 +921,6 @@ ESCAPED_AND_WHITESPACE [\n\t\r #'.:;,()|^&+-/*=%!~<>?@]+
 
 
 <INITIAL>"<%" {
-	HANDLE_NEWLINES(yytext,yyleng);
 	if (CG(asp_tags)) {
 		zendlval->value.str.val = yytext; /* no copying - intentional */
 		zendlval->value.str.len = yyleng;