diff --git a/gsk/gl/gskshaderbuilder.c b/gsk/gl/gskshaderbuilder.c
index 1136de0c00..a352a0efec 100644
--- a/gsk/gl/gskshaderbuilder.c
+++ b/gsk/gl/gskshaderbuilder.c
@@ -172,11 +172,10 @@ gsk_shader_builder_compile_shader (GskShaderBuilder *builder,
       g_string_append_c (code, ' ');
       g_string_append (code, value);
       g_string_append_c (code, '\n');
-
-      if (i == builder->defines->len - 2)
-        g_string_append_c (code, '\n');
     }
 
+  g_string_append_c (code, '\n');
+
   if (!lookup_shader_code (code, builder->resource_base_path, shader_preamble, error))
     {
       return -1;