diff --git a/ipatests/pytest_ipa/integration/tasks.py b/ipatests/pytest_ipa/integration/tasks.py
index b40407973..e88830489 100644
--- a/ipatests/pytest_ipa/integration/tasks.py
+++ b/ipatests/pytest_ipa/integration/tasks.py
@@ -1870,7 +1870,7 @@ def create_temp_file(host, directory=None):
     cmd = ['mktemp']
     if directory is not None:
         cmd += ['-p', directory]
-    return host.run_command(cmd).stdout_text
+    return host.run_command(cmd).stdout_text.strip()
 
 
 def create_active_user(host, login, password, first='test', last='user'):