diff --git a/pages/api/saml/sso.ts b/pages/api/saml/sso.ts
index e51f7a0..6d0f477 100644
--- a/pages/api/saml/sso.ts
+++ b/pages/api/saml/sso.ts
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ export default async function handler(
     const signingKey = await fetchPrivateKey();
     const publicKey = await fetchPublicKey();
     const xmlSigned = await signResponseXML(xml, signingKey, publicKey);
-
-    const encodedSamlResponse =  Buffer.from(xmlSigned).toString('base64');
+    const encodedSamlResponse = Buffer.from(xmlSigned).toString('base64');
 
     const html = createResponseForm(relayState, encodedSamlResponse, acsUrl);
 
diff --git a/utils/response.ts b/utils/response.ts
index cc4cd5d..11dc157 100644
--- a/utils/response.ts
+++ b/utils/response.ts
@@ -147,9 +147,6 @@ const signResponseXML = async (xml: string, signingKey: any, publicKey: any): Pr
   const responseXPath = '/*[local-name(.)="Response" and namespace-uri(.)="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol"]';
   const issuerXPath = '/*[local-name(.)="Issuer" and namespace-uri(.)="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion"]';
 
-  publicKey = publicKey.replace(/\\n/gm, '\n');
-  signingKey = signingKey.replace(/\\n/gm, '\n');
-
   console.log({publicKey, signingKey})
 
   sig.signatureAlgorithm = 'http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmldsig-more#rsa-sha256';