diff --git a/spec/parser.spec.js b/spec/parser.spec.js
index 7138c69..af089b6 100644
--- a/spec/parser.spec.js
+++ b/spec/parser.spec.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 describe("PEG.js grammar parser", function() {
   var trivialGrammar;
 
-  beforeEach(function() {
-    trivialGrammar = {
+  function literalGrammar(value) {
+    return {
       type:        "grammar",
       initializer: null,
       rules:       [
@@ -10,11 +10,15 @@ describe("PEG.js grammar parser", function() {
           type:        "rule",
           name:        "start",
           displayName: null,
-          expression:  { type: "literal", value: "abcd", ignoreCase: false }
+          expression:  { type: "literal", value: value, ignoreCase: false }
         }
       ],
       startRule:   "start"
     };
+  }
+
+  beforeEach(function() {
+    trivialGrammar = literalGrammar("abcd");
 
     this.addMatchers({
       toParseAs:     function(expected) {
@@ -68,6 +72,15 @@ describe("PEG.js grammar parser", function() {
     });
   });
 
+  /* Canonical eolEscapeSequence is "\\\n". */
+  it("parses eolEscapeSequence", function() {
+    expect('start = "\\\n"'    ).toParseAs(literalGrammar("\n"));
+    expect('start = "\\\r\n"'  ).toParseAs(literalGrammar("\r\n"));
+    expect('start = "\\\r"'    ).toParseAs(literalGrammar("\r"));
+    expect('start = "\\\u2028"').toParseAs(literalGrammar("\u2028"));
+    expect('start = "\\\u2029"').toParseAs(literalGrammar("\u2029"));
+  });
+
   /* Trivial character class rules are not tested. */
 
   /* Canonical __ is "\n". */
diff --git a/test/parser-test.js b/test/parser-test.js
index 87948e2..630ef15 100644
--- a/test/parser-test.js
+++ b/test/parser-test.js
@@ -516,13 +516,4 @@ test("parses unicodeEscapeSequence", function() {
   parserParses('start = "\\u01234"', literalGrammar("\u01234"));
 });
 
-/* Canonical eolEscapeSequence is "\\\n". */
-test("parses eolEscapeSequence", function() {
-  parserParses('start = "\\\n"',     literalGrammar("\n"));
-  parserParses('start = "\\\r\n"',   literalGrammar("\r\n"));
-  parserParses('start = "\\\r"',     literalGrammar("\r"));
-  parserParses('start = "\\\u2028"', literalGrammar("\u2028"));
-  parserParses('start = "\\\u2029"', literalGrammar("\u2029"));
-});
-
 })();