diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index de2246cc49..ee803afa50 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -424,10 +424,7 @@ function formatProperty(ctx, value, recurseTimes, visibleKeys, key, array) {
 
 
 function reduceToSingleString(output, base, braces) {
-  var numLinesEst = 0;
   var length = output.reduce(function(prev, cur) {
-    numLinesEst++;
-    if (cur.indexOf('\n') >= 0) numLinesEst++;
     return prev + cur.replace(/\u001b\[\d\d?m/g, '').length + 1;
   }, 0);