diff --git a/src/template/Template.cc b/src/template/Template.cc
index 502e53278b..3b3ed7a1fa 100644
--- a/src/template/Template.cc
+++ b/src/template/Template.cc
@@ -150,12 +150,9 @@ int Template::parse_str_or_xml(const string &parse_str, string& error_msg)
     }
     else
     {
-        char *        error_char = 0;
-        ostringstream oss;
+        char * error_char = 0;
 
-        oss << parse_str << endl;
-
-        rc = parse(oss.str(), &error_char);
+        rc = parse(parse_str, &error_char);
 
         if ( rc != 0 )
         {