diff --git a/passes/techmap/libparse.cc b/passes/techmap/libparse.cc
index 878ca3160..9dc3e96ab 100644
--- a/passes/techmap/libparse.cc
+++ b/passes/techmap/libparse.cc
@@ -202,12 +202,11 @@ LibertyAst *LibertyParser::parse()
 	{
 		tok = lexer(str);
 
-		if (tok == ';')
+        // allow both ';' and new lines to 
+        // terminate a statement.
+		if ((tok == ';') || (tok == 'n'))
 			break;
 
-		if (tok == 'n')
-			continue;
-
 		if (tok == ':' && ast->value.empty()) {
 			tok = lexer(ast->value);
 			if (tok != 'v')