diff --git a/app/models/repository_checklist_value.rb b/app/models/repository_checklist_value.rb
index 1cbe75933..4029e67db 100644
--- a/app/models/repository_checklist_value.rb
+++ b/app/models/repository_checklist_value.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class RepositoryChecklistValue < ApplicationRecord
   EXTRA_PRELOAD_INCLUDE = :repository_checklist_items
 
   def formatted(separator: ' | ')
-    repository_checklist_items.pluck(:data).join(separator).gsub("\n", "\\n")
+    repository_checklist_items.pluck(:data).join(separator)
   end
 
   def export_formatted
diff --git a/app/services/spreadsheet_parser.rb b/app/services/spreadsheet_parser.rb
index 06f0d0765..1c6a40f6b 100644
--- a/app/services/spreadsheet_parser.rb
+++ b/app/services/spreadsheet_parser.rb
@@ -44,10 +44,7 @@ class SpreadsheetParser
       if row && i.zero?
         header = row
       else
-        escaped_row = row.map do |cell|
-          cell.to_s.gsub("\\n", "\n")
-        end
-        columns = escaped_row
+        columns = row
       end
     end