diff --git a/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/psi/util/GrStringUtil.java b/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/psi/util/GrStringUtil.java
index c4d2396ef2d7..99ad775301fb 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/psi/util/GrStringUtil.java
+++ b/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/psi/util/GrStringUtil.java
@@ -603,8 +603,6 @@ public class GrStringUtil {
           if (index + 4 <= chars.length()) {
             try {
               int code = Integer.parseInt(chars.substring(index, index + 4), 16);
-              //line separators are invalid here
-              if (code == 0x000a || code == 0x000d) return false;
               c = chars.charAt(index);
               if (c == '+' || c == '-') return false;
               outChars.append((char)code);
@@ -730,8 +728,6 @@ public class GrStringUtil {
           if (index + 4 <= chars.length()) {
             try {
               int code = Integer.parseInt(chars.substring(index, index + 4), 16);
-              //line separators are invalid here
-              if (code == 0x000a || code == 0x000d) return false;
               c = chars.charAt(index);
               if (c == '+' || c == '-') return false;
               outChars.append((char)code);