diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Macro/FilePump.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Macro/FilePump.pm
index 4f5105739..2cb0eed86 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Macro/FilePump.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Macro/FilePump.pm
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ on your print CSS tag.
 
 sub linkTag {
     my ($session, $url, $extras) = @_;
-    my $template = qq|<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="%s" $extras \\>\n|;
+    my $template = qq|<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="%s" $extras />\n|;
     return sprintf $template, $url;
 }
 
diff --git a/t/Macro/FilePump.t b/t/Macro/FilePump.t
index 148387f85..14c04f11e 100644
--- a/t/Macro/FilePump.t
+++ b/t/Macro/FilePump.t
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ is(
 );
 is(
     WebGUI::Macro::FilePump::process($session, 'test bundle', 'CSS'),
-    sprintf(qq|<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="%s"  \\>\n|,
+    sprintf(qq|<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="%s"  />\n|,
         join('/', $uploadsURL, 'filepump', $bundle->bundleUrl . '.'. $bundle->get('lastBuild'), $bundle->bundleUrl.'.css'),
     ),
     '... check CSS file, normal mode'
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ is(
 );
 is(
     WebGUI::Macro::FilePump::process($session, 'test bundle', 'CSS'),
-    sprintf(qq|<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/filePumpFileAsset"  \\>\n|, $fileAsset->getUrl),
+    sprintf(qq|<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/filePumpFileAsset"  />\n|, $fileAsset->getUrl),
     '... check CSS file, normal mode'
 );
 is(