diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/rewriterview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/rewriterview.cpp
index f42a125555f..2fa2d6e8eb5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/rewriterview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/rewriterview.cpp
@@ -902,13 +902,13 @@ void RewriterView::delayedSetup()
 
 static QString annotationsEnd()
 {
-    const static QString end = QString(" %1*/\n").arg(annotationsEscapeSequence);
+    const static QString end = QString(" %1*/").arg(annotationsEscapeSequence);
     return end;
 }
 
 static QString annotationsStart()
 {
-    const static QString start = QString("\n/*%1 ").arg(annotationsEscapeSequence);
+    const static QString start = QString("/*%1 ").arg(annotationsEscapeSequence);
     return start;
 }
 
@@ -944,8 +944,8 @@ void RewriterView::writeAuxiliaryData()
     QString auxData = auxiliaryDataAsQML();
 
     if (!auxData.isEmpty()) {
-        auxData.prepend(annotationsStart());
-        auxData.append(annotationsEnd());
+        auxData.prepend("\n" + annotationsStart());
+        auxData.append(annotationsEnd() + "\n");
         newText.append(auxData);
     }