diff --git a/js/js_test.go b/js/js_test.go
index e1505cd3ae..1241911eae 100644
--- a/js/js_test.go
+++ b/js/js_test.go
@@ -156,10 +156,11 @@ func TestJS(t *testing.T) {
 		{`"string\a\c\'string"`, `"stringac'string"`},
 		{`"string\∀string"`, `"string∀string"`},
 		{`"string\0\uFFFFstring"`, "\"string\\0\uffffstring\""},
-		{`"string\x00\x55\x0A\x0D\x22\x27string"`, "`string\\x00U\n\r\"'string`"},
-		{`"string\000\12\015\042\47\411string"`, "`string\\0\n\r\"'!1string`"},
+		{`"string\x00\x55\x0A\x0D\x22\x27string"`, "`string\\x00U\n\\r\"'string`"},
+		{`"string\000\12\015\042\47\411string"`, "`string\\0\n\\r\"'!1string`"},
 		{`"\x005"`, `"\x005"`},
-		{"'string\\n\\rstring'", "`string\n\rstring`"},
+		{"`\\r`", "`\\r`"},
+		{"'string\\n\\rstring'", "`string\n\\rstring`"},
 		{"'string\\\r\nstring\\\nstring\\\rstring\\\u2028string\\\u2029string'", `"stringstringstringstringstringstring"`},
 		{`"\x7H\u877H"`, `"\x7H\u877H"`},
 		{`"\u01ac\u01de\u0187\u{0001a0}"`, `"ƬǞƇƠ"`},
@@ -813,7 +814,7 @@ func TestJS(t *testing.T) {
 		{`function transform(){{var aaaa=[];for(var b=0;;){}for(var b in aaaa){}var aaaa=[];for(var b=0;;){}}}`, `function transform(){{for(var aaaa=[],b=0;;);for(b in aaaa);for(var aaaa=[],b=0;;);}}`}, // #619
 		{`for(var a=0;;){var b=5;for(var c=0;;);}`, `for(var b,c,a=0;;)for(b=5,c=0;;);`},                                                                                                                  // #634
 		{"if(a)for(;;)\n;else b", `if(a)for(;;);else b`},       // #636
-		{`'\u000A\u000D'`, "`\n\r`"},                           // #653
+		{`'\u000A\u000D'`, "`\n\\r`"},                          // #653
 		{`for(!a;b;c);`, "for(!a;b;c);"},                       // #656
 		{"var a = /*! comment */ b;", "/*! comment */var a=b"}, // #664
 		{`var c="";for(let i=0;;);var d="";for(let i=0;;);`, `var d,c="";for(let i=0;;);d="";for(let i=0;;);`}, // #687
diff --git a/js/util.go b/js/util.go
index a674a71217..f8722ce3ab 100644
--- a/js/util.go
+++ b/js/util.go
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ func replaceEscapes(b []byte, quote byte, prefix, suffix int) []byte {
 	for i := prefix; i < len(b)-suffix; i++ {
 		if c := b[i]; c == '\\' {
 			c = b[i+1]
-			if c == quote || c == '\\' || quote != '`' && (c == 'n' || c == 'r') || c == '0' && (len(b)-suffix <= i+2 || b[i+2] < '0' || '7' < b[i+2]) {
+			if c == quote || c == '\\' || c == 'r' || quote != '`' && c == 'n' || c == '0' && (len(b)-suffix <= i+2 || b[i+2] < '0' || '7' < b[i+2]) {
 				// keep escape sequence
 				i++
 				continue
@@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ func replaceEscapes(b []byte, quote byte, prefix, suffix int) []byte {
 					// hexadecimal escapes
 					_, _ = hex.Decode(b[i:i+1:i+1], b[i+2:i+4])
 					n = 4
-					if b[i] == '\\' || b[i] == quote || quote != '`' && (b[i] == '\n' || b[i] == '\r') || b[i] == 0 {
+					if b[i] == '\\' || b[i] == quote || b[i] == '\r' || quote != '`' && b[i] == '\n' || b[i] == 0 {
 						if b[i] == '\n' {
 							b[i+1] = 'n'
 						} else if b[i] == '\r' {
@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ func replaceEscapes(b []byte, quote byte, prefix, suffix int) []byte {
 						i += 4
 						n -= 4
 					}
-				} else if quote == '`' || num != 10 && num != 13 {
+				} else if num != 13 && (quote == '`' || num != 10) {
 					// decode unicode character to UTF-8 and put at the end of the escape sequence
 					// then skip the first part of the escape sequence until the decoded character
 					m := utf8.RuneLen(rune(num))
@@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ func replaceEscapes(b []byte, quote byte, prefix, suffix int) []byte {
 					}
 				}
 				b[i] = num
-				if num == 0 || num == '\\' || num == quote || quote != '`' && (num == '\n' || num == '\r') {
+				if num == 0 || num == '\\' || num == quote || num == '\r' || quote != '`' && num == '\n' {
 					if num == 0 {
 						b[i+1] = '0'
 					} else if num == '\n' {
@@ -1160,9 +1160,6 @@ func replaceEscapes(b []byte, quote byte, prefix, suffix int) []byte {
 			} else if quote == '`' && c == 'n' {
 				b[i] = '\n'
 				i++
-			} else if quote == '`' && c == 'r' {
-				b[i] = '\r'
-				i++
 			} else if c == 't' {
 				b[i] = '\t'
 				i++
diff --git a/js/util_test.go b/js/util_test.go
index 378cd93438..9e99f31c90 100644
--- a/js/util_test.go
+++ b/js/util_test.go
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ func TestString(t *testing.T) {
 		{`"abc"`, `"abc"`},
 		{`'abc'`, `"abc"`},
 		{`"\8\9\t"`, "\"89\t\""},
-		{`"\n\r"`, "`\n\r`"},
-		{`"\12\15"`, "`\n\r`"},
-		{`"\x0A\x0D"`, "`\n\r`"},
-		{`"\u000A\u000D"`, "`\n\r`"},
-		{`"\u{A}\u{D}"`, "`\n\r`"},
+		{`"\n\r"`, "`\n\\r`"},
+		{`"\12\15"`, "`\n\\r`"},
+		{`"\x0A\x0D"`, "`\n\\r`"},
+		{`"\u000A\u000D"`, "`\n\\r`"},
+		{`"\u{A}\u{D}"`, "`\n\\r`"},
 		{`"\n$"`, "`\n$`"},
 		{`"\n${"`, `"\n${"`},
 		{`"\n\r${${"`, `"\n\r${${"`},