diff --git a/helix-core/src/line_ending.rs b/helix-core/src/line_ending.rs
index 8c33fcdbbd1c3..b534e179ac4a1 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/line_ending.rs
+++ b/helix-core/src/line_ending.rs
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ impl LineEnding {
     ///
     /// [`LineEnding::Crlf`] on Windows, otherwise [`LineEnding::LF`].
     #[inline]
-    pub fn native() -> Self {
+    pub const fn native() -> Self {
         #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
         return LineEnding::Crlf;
         #[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
diff --git a/helix-term/tests/test/auto_pairs.rs b/helix-term/tests/test/auto_pairs.rs
index e18c71195fb49..40d687f3e18a8 100644
--- a/helix-term/tests/test/auto_pairs.rs
+++ b/helix-term/tests/test/auto_pairs.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use helix_core::{auto_pairs::DEFAULT_PAIRS, hashmap};
 
 use super::*;
 
-const LINE_END: &str = helix_core::DEFAULT_LINE_ENDING.as_str();
+const LINE_END: &str = helix_core::LineEnding::native().as_str();
 
 fn differing_pairs() -> impl Iterator<Item = &'static (char, char)> {
     DEFAULT_PAIRS.iter().filter(|(open, close)| open != close)
diff --git a/helix-term/tests/test/helpers.rs b/helix-term/tests/test/helpers.rs
index a0f3a32e4cba3..406d817e6d064 100644
--- a/helix-term/tests/test/helpers.rs
+++ b/helix-term/tests/test/helpers.rs
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ pub fn temp_file_with_contents<S: AsRef<str>>(
 /// character, and if one doesn't exist already, appends the system's
 /// appropriate line ending to the end of a string.
 pub fn platform_line(input: &str) -> String {
-    let line_end = helix_core::DEFAULT_LINE_ENDING.as_str();
+    let line_end = helix_core::LineEnding::native().as_str();
 
     // we can assume that the source files in this code base will always
     // be LF, so indoc strings will always insert LF
diff --git a/helix-view/src/document.rs b/helix-view/src/document.rs
index 73dd4f6187e92..4b476d813215e 100644
--- a/helix-view/src/document.rs
+++ b/helix-view/src/document.rs
@@ -1391,9 +1391,10 @@ mod test {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_line_ending() {
+        let line_ending = LineEnding::native();
         assert_eq!(
-            Document::default().text().to_string(),
-            DEFAULT_LINE_ENDING.as_str()
+            Document::new(line_ending).text().to_string(),
+            line_ending.as_str()
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/helix-view/src/gutter.rs b/helix-view/src/gutter.rs
index c1b5e2b161126..6ec2e010de1ef 100644
--- a/helix-view/src/gutter.rs
+++ b/helix-view/src/gutter.rs
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ mod tests {
     use crate::editor::{GutterConfig, GutterLineNumbersConfig};
     use crate::graphics::Rect;
     use crate::DocumentId;
-    use helix_core::Rope;
+    use helix_core::{LineEnding, Rope};
 
     #[test]
     fn test_default_gutter_widths() {
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ mod tests {
         view.area = Rect::new(40, 40, 40, 40);
 
         let rope = Rope::from_str("abc\n\tdef");
-        let doc = Document::from(rope, None);
+        let doc = Document::from(rope, None, LineEnding::native());
 
         assert_eq!(view.gutters.layout.len(), 5);
         assert_eq!(view.gutters.layout[0].width(&view, &doc), 1);
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ mod tests {
         view.area = Rect::new(40, 40, 40, 40);
 
         let rope = Rope::from_str("abc\n\tdef");
-        let doc = Document::from(rope, None);
+        let doc = Document::from(rope, None, LineEnding::native());
 
         assert_eq!(view.gutters.layout.len(), 1);
         assert_eq!(view.gutters.layout[0].width(&view, &doc), 1);
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ mod tests {
         view.area = Rect::new(40, 40, 40, 40);
 
         let rope = Rope::from_str("abc\n\tdef");
-        let doc = Document::from(rope, None);
+        let doc = Document::from(rope, None, LineEnding::native());
 
         assert_eq!(view.gutters.layout.len(), 2);
         assert_eq!(view.gutters.layout[0].width(&view, &doc), 1);
@@ -357,10 +357,10 @@ mod tests {
         view.area = Rect::new(40, 40, 40, 40);
 
         let rope = Rope::from_str("a\nb");
-        let doc_short = Document::from(rope, None);
+        let doc_short = Document::from(rope, None, LineEnding::native());
 
         let rope = Rope::from_str("a\nb\nc\nd\ne\nf\ng\nh\ni\nj\nk\nl\nm\nn\no\np");
-        let doc_long = Document::from(rope, None);
+        let doc_long = Document::from(rope, None, LineEnding::native());
 
         assert_eq!(view.gutters.layout.len(), 2);
         assert_eq!(view.gutters.layout[1].width(&view, &doc_short), 1);