diff --git a/src/packet/literal.js b/src/packet/literal.js
index b6b4e126..87c5cd1e 100644
--- a/src/packet/literal.js
+++ b/src/packet/literal.js
@@ -86,17 +86,15 @@ Literal.prototype.setBytes = function(bytes, format) {
  * Get the byte sequence representing the literal packet data
  * @returns {Uint8Array} A sequence of bytes
  */
-Literal.prototype.getBytes = function(textMode=false) {
+Literal.prototype.getBytes = function() {
   if (this.data !== null) {
     return this.data;
   }
 
-  if (textMode) {
-    // normalize EOL to \r\n and UTF-8 encode
-    this.data = util.str_to_Uint8Array(util.encode_utf8(util.canonicalizeEOL(this.text)));
-  } else {
-    this.data = util.str_to_Uint8Array(this.text);
-  }
+  // normalize EOL to \r\n
+  const text = util.canonicalizeEOL(this.text);
+  // encode UTF8
+  this.data = util.str_to_Uint8Array(util.encode_utf8(text));
   return this.data;
 };
 
@@ -150,7 +148,7 @@ Literal.prototype.write = function() {
 
   const format = new Uint8Array([enums.write(enums.literal, this.format)]);
   const date = util.writeDate(this.date);
-  const data = this.getBytes(format !== 'binary');
+  const data = this.getBytes();
 
   return util.concatUint8Array([format, filename_length, filename, date, data]);
 };
diff --git a/src/packet/signature.js b/src/packet/signature.js
index 6208f2fc..7c0aeb32 100644
--- a/src/packet/signature.js
+++ b/src/packet/signature.js
@@ -574,6 +574,9 @@ Signature.prototype.toSign = function (type, data) {
 
   switch (type) {
     case t.binary:
+      if (data.text !== null) {
+        return util.str_to_Uint8Array(data.getText());
+      }
       return data.getBytes();
 
     case t.text: {
diff --git a/test/general/packet.js b/test/general/packet.js
index fbb2001f..193e40c2 100644
--- a/test/general/packet.js
+++ b/test/general/packet.js
@@ -813,9 +813,9 @@ kePFjAnu9cpynKXu3usf8+FuBw2zLsg1Id1n7ttxoAte416KjBN9lFBt8mcu
 
         signature.hashAlgorithm = 'sha256';
         signature.publicKeyAlgorithm = 'rsa_sign';
-        signature.signatureType = 'binary';
+        signature.signatureType = 'text';
 
-        signature.sign(key, literal).then(async () => {
+        return signature.sign(key, literal).then(async () => {
 
           signed.push(literal);
           signed.push(signature);