diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 9c6c5bd..90f623e 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ minify_html () {
 }
 
 minify_xml () {
+    if [ "$1" = "items-to-tsv.xslt" ]; then
+        return
+    fi
     command minify --type=xml -o dist/"$1" src/"$1"
 }
 
diff --git a/src/items-to-tsv.xslt b/src/items-to-tsv.xslt
index db8431a..fd10b6e 100644
--- a/src/items-to-tsv.xslt
+++ b/src/items-to-tsv.xslt
@@ -6,12 +6,8 @@
      SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Max Chernoff
 -->
     <xsl:output method="text" encoding="utf-8" />
-
-    <xsl:variable name="_col_sep">x<![CDATA[	]]></xsl:variable>
-    <xsl:variable name="col_sep" select="substring($_col_sep, 2)" />
-    <xsl:variable name="_row_sep">x<![CDATA[
-]]></xsl:variable>
-    <xsl:variable name="row_sep" select="substring($_row_sep, 2)" />
+    <xsl:variable name="col_sep" select="'&#x9;'" />
+    <xsl:variable name="col_sep" select="'&#xA;'" />
 
     <xsl:template match="/items">
         <xsl:value-of select="concat('Item Name', $col_sep)" />