diff --git a/stepmania/src/NotesLoaderSM.cpp b/stepmania/src/NotesLoaderSM.cpp
index 03d002931e..544d98f272 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/NotesLoaderSM.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/NotesLoaderSM.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ void SMLoader::LoadFromSMTokens(
 	TrimLeft( sStepsType ); 	TrimRight( sStepsType ); 
 	TrimLeft( sDescription );	TrimRight( sDescription ); 
 	TrimLeft( sDifficulty ); 	TrimRight( sDifficulty ); 
-
+	TrimLeft( sNoteData );		TrimRight( sNoteData ); 
 
 //	LOG->Trace( "Steps::LoadFromSMTokens()" );
 
diff --git a/stepmania/src/NotesWriterSM.cpp b/stepmania/src/NotesWriterSM.cpp
index 0d902659ea..c5f38961ef 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/NotesWriterSM.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/NotesWriterSM.cpp
@@ -181,9 +181,6 @@ static RString GetSMNotesTag( const Song &song, const Steps &in, bool bSavingCac
 		FOREACH_RadarCategory( rc )
 			asRadarValues.push_back( ssprintf("%.3f", rv[rc]) );
 	}
-	/* Don't append a newline here; it's added in NoteDataUtil::GetSMNoteDataString.
-	 * If we add it here, then every time we write unmodified data we'll add an extra
-	 * newline and they'll accumulate. */
 	lines.push_back( ssprintf( "     %s:", join(",",asRadarValues).c_str() ) );
 
 	RString sNoteData;