diff --git a/src/ical.c b/src/ical.c
index 64368e3..535bca8 100644
--- a/src/ical.c
+++ b/src/ical.c
@@ -1331,12 +1331,9 @@ static char *ical_read_summary(char *line, unsigned *noskipped,
 	}
 
 	/* An event summary is one line only. */
-	if (strchr(summary, '\n')) {
-		ical_log(log, item_type, itemline, _("line break in summary."));
-		(*noskipped)++;
-		mem_free(summary);
-		summary = NULL;
-	}
+	for (p = summary; *p; p++)
+		if (*p == '\n')
+			*p = ' ';
   leave:
 	return summary;
 }
diff --git a/test/ical-009.sh b/test/ical-009.sh
index dbd0a30..6c1a0d4 100755
--- a/test/ical-009.sh
+++ b/test/ical-009.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ if [ "$1" = 'actual' ]; then
 elif [ "$1" = 'expected' ]; then
   cat <<EOD
 Import process report: 0131 lines read
-2 apps / 0 events / 1 todo / 21 skipped
+3 apps / 0 events / 1 todo / 20 skipped
 VEVENT [12]: invalid or malformed event start time.
 VEVENT [17]: item start date not defined.
 VEVENT [21]: rrule frequency not supported.
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ VEVENT [27]: malformed summary line.
 VTODO [32]: item priority is invalid (must be between 0 and 9).
 VEVENT [36]: malformed exceptions line.
 VEVENT [43]: exception date, but no recurrence rule.
-VEVENT [49]: line break in summary.
 VEVENT [54]: malformed description line.
 VEVENT [60]: malformed description.
 VTODO [72]: malformed summary.