diff --git a/awx/main/utils/common.py b/awx/main/utils/common.py
index 57318dbe4f..562a09cf1a 100644
--- a/awx/main/utils/common.py
+++ b/awx/main/utils/common.py
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ class OutputEventFilter(object):
         for stdout_chunk in stdout_chunks:
             event_data['counter'] = self._counter
             self._counter += 1
-            event_data['stdout'] = stdout_chunk
+            event_data['stdout'] = stdout_chunk[:-2] if len(stdout_chunk) > 2 else ""
             n_lines = stdout_chunk.count('\n')
             event_data['start_line'] = self._start_line
             event_data['end_line'] = self._start_line + n_lines
diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/parse-stdout.service.js b/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/parse-stdout.service.js
index 8c7e91f755..b8830d07a9 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/parse-stdout.service.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/parse-stdout.service.js
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ export default ['$log', 'moment', function($log, moment){
                 let padBy = lineNums.length - lines.length;
 
                 for (let i = 0; i <= padBy; i++) {
-                    lines.push("[1;imLine capped.[0m");
+                    lines.push("");
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/awx/ui/tests/spec/job-results/parse-stdout.service-test.js b/awx/ui/tests/spec/job-results/parse-stdout.service-test.js
index c4aeace3e7..069a7d47eb 100644
--- a/awx/ui/tests/spec/job-results/parse-stdout.service-test.js
+++ b/awx/ui/tests/spec/job-results/parse-stdout.service-test.js
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ describe('parseStdoutService', () => {
                 end_line: 11,
                 stdout: "a\r\nb\r\nc..."
             };
-            let expectedReturn = [[8, "a"],[9, "b"], [10,"c..."], [11, "[1;imLine capped.[0m"]];
+            let expectedReturn = [[8, "a"],[9, "b"], [10,"c..."], [11, ""]];
 
             let returnedEvent = parseStdoutService.getLineArr(mockEvent);