diff --git a/lib/strings.nix b/lib/strings.nix
index d6170fdf39e3..848e61a65ddf 100644
--- a/lib/strings.nix
+++ b/lib/strings.nix
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ rec {
 
   /**
     Concatenate a list of strings, adding a newline at the end of each one.
+    Defined as `concatMapStrings (s: s + "\n")`.
 
     # Inputs
 
@@ -360,7 +361,7 @@ rec {
 
     :::
   */
-  concatLines = str: concatStringsSep "\n" str + "\n";
+  concatLines = concatMapStrings (s: s + "\n");
 
   /**
     Given string `s`, replace every occurrence of the string `from` with the string `to`.
diff --git a/lib/tests/misc.nix b/lib/tests/misc.nix
index 916994152754..f257d9953fc3 100644
--- a/lib/tests/misc.nix
+++ b/lib/tests/misc.nix
@@ -559,6 +559,10 @@ runTests {
     ];
     expected = "a\nb\nc\n";
   };
+  testConcatLinesEmpty = {
+    expr = concatLines [ ];
+    expected = "";
+  };
 
   testMakeIncludePathWithPkgs = {
     expr = (