diff --git a/internal/e2e/e2e_rank_test.go b/internal/e2e/e2e_rank_test.go
index 547399bab..2fa0016e5 100644
--- a/internal/e2e/e2e_rank_test.go
+++ b/internal/e2e/e2e_rank_test.go
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ func assertGolden(t *testing.T, name string, got []byte) {
 
 	wantPath := filepath.Join("testdata", name+".txt")
 	if *update {
+		fmt.Printf("writing file: %s", wantPath)
 		if err := os.WriteFile(wantPath, got, 0o600); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -311,7 +312,7 @@ func marshalMatches(w io.Writer, rq rankingQuery, q query.Q, files []zoekt.FileM
 		chunks, hidden := splitAtIndex(f.ChunkMatches, chunkMatchesPerFile)
 
 		for _, m := range chunks {
-			_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(w, "%d:%s%s\n", m.ContentStart.LineNumber, string(m.Content), addTabIfNonEmpty(m.DebugScore))
+			_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(w, "%d:%s%s", m.ContentStart.LineNumber, string(m.Content), addTabIfNonEmpty(m.DebugScore))
 		}
 
 		if len(hidden) > 0 {
diff --git a/testdata/backcompat/new_v16.00000.zoekt b/testdata/backcompat/new_v16.00000.zoekt
deleted file mode 100644
index cd69358f6..000000000
Binary files a/testdata/backcompat/new_v16.00000.zoekt and /dev/null differ