diff --git a/jupytext/pandoc.py b/jupytext/pandoc.py
index 71dbb4697..ad785d52e 100644
--- a/jupytext/pandoc.py
+++ b/jupytext/pandoc.py
@@ -38,5 +38,6 @@ def md_to_notebook(text):
 
 def notebook_to_md(notebook):
     """Convert a notebook to its Markdown representation, using Pandoc"""
-    text = nbformat.writes(notebook)
-    return pandoc(u'--from ipynb --to markdown', text)
+    json = nbformat.writes(notebook)
+    text = pandoc(u'--from ipynb --to markdown', json)
+    return u'\n'.join(text.splitlines())
diff --git a/tests/test_read_simple_pandoc.py b/tests/test_read_simple_pandoc.py
index 3c8e19a94..73e11039b 100644
--- a/tests/test_read_simple_pandoc.py
+++ b/tests/test_read_simple_pandoc.py
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@ def test_pandoc_explicit(markdown='''::: {.cell .markdown}
 :::
 '''):
     nb = jupytext.reads(markdown, 'md')
-    markdown2 = jupytext.writes(nb, 'md').replace('\r\n', '\n')
+    markdown2 = jupytext.writes(nb, 'md')
     compare(markdown, markdown2)