diff --git a/apps/files/js/files.js b/apps/files/js/files.js
index 8229bfa24f1fc70f638d2f157ee8acaa4d7e6080..101e2bad2e4c3d898ad5e96b613527854e453883 100644
--- a/apps/files/js/files.js
+++ b/apps/files/js/files.js
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 				case 'file':
 					$.post(
 						OC.filePath('files','ajax','newfile.php'),
-						{dir:$('#dir').val(),filename:name,content:" \n"},
+						{dir:$('#dir').val(),filename:name},
 						function(result){
 							if (result.status == 'success') {
 								var date=new Date();