diff --git a/src/codegen/browser/code/comment.ts b/src/codegen/browser/code/comment.ts
index 037c13b98..2aa5c2bda 100644
--- a/src/codegen/browser/code/comment.ts
+++ b/src/codegen/browser/code/comment.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ import { AST_NODE_TYPES, TSESTree as ts } from '@typescript-eslint/types'
 
 import { baseProps } from '@/codegen/estree/nodes'
 
-export function comment(value: string): ts.BlockStatement {
+export function comment(
+  value: string,
+  newLine: ts.NewLine = { after: 'never' }
+): ts.BlockStatement {
   // The type of node here is not important since it's just being used as
   // a placeholder for the comment. A BlockStatement just happens to be one
   // of the simplest nodes to build.
@@ -11,5 +14,6 @@ export function comment(value: string): ts.BlockStatement {
     type: AST_NODE_TYPES.BlockStatement,
     comment: value,
     body: [],
+    newLine,
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/codegen/browser/code/index.ts b/src/codegen/browser/code/index.ts
index 53edcef0d..01ead8c79 100644
--- a/src/codegen/browser/code/index.ts
+++ b/src/codegen/browser/code/index.ts
@@ -93,9 +93,11 @@ export function toTypeScriptAst(test: ir.Test): ts.Program {
     ...scenarios.filter((item) => item !== undefined),
   ])
 
-  const header = spaceAfter([comment(generateScriptHeader())])
+  const header = comment(generateScriptHeader(), {
+    after: true,
+  })
 
   return program({
-    body: [...header, ...imports, ...exports],
+    body: [header, ...imports, ...exports],
   })
 }
diff --git a/src/codegen/browser/formatting/formatter.ts b/src/codegen/browser/formatting/formatter.ts
index cbe9ea0a6..e02d76f7d 100644
--- a/src/codegen/browser/formatting/formatter.ts
+++ b/src/codegen/browser/formatting/formatter.ts
@@ -23,19 +23,11 @@ declare module 'prettier/plugins/estree' {
 }
 
 function applySpacing(node: ts.Node | null, doc: builders.Doc): builders.Doc {
-  if (node?.newLine === 'before') {
-    return [hardline, doc]
-  }
-
-  if (node?.newLine === 'after') {
-    return [doc, hardline]
-  }
-
-  if (node?.newLine === 'both') {
-    return [hardline, doc, hardline]
-  }
-
-  return doc
+  return [
+    node?.newLine?.before === true && hardline,
+    doc,
+    node?.newLine?.after === true && hardline,
+  ].filter((item) => item !== false)
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/codegen/browser/formatting/spacing.ts b/src/codegen/browser/formatting/spacing.ts
index 7f78237de..8b45430d1 100644
--- a/src/codegen/browser/formatting/spacing.ts
+++ b/src/codegen/browser/formatting/spacing.ts
@@ -3,37 +3,63 @@ import type { TSESTree as ts } from '@typescript-eslint/types'
 export function trimBefore(
   newLine: ts.NewLine | undefined
 ): ts.NewLine | undefined {
-  return newLine === 'both' ? 'after' : undefined
+  if (newLine === undefined) {
+    return undefined
+  }
+
+  return {
+    ...newLine,
+    before: newLine.before === true ? false : newLine.before,
+  }
 }
 
 export function trimAfter(
   newLine: ts.NewLine | undefined
 ): ts.NewLine | undefined {
-  return newLine === 'both' ? 'before' : undefined
+  if (newLine === undefined) {
+    return undefined
+  }
+
+  return {
+    ...newLine,
+    after: newLine.after === true ? false : newLine.after,
+  }
 }
 
 export function mergeNewLine(
-  newLine: ts.NewLine | undefined,
-  target: ts.NewLine
+  target: ts.NewLine | undefined,
+  newLine: ts.NewLine
 ): ts.NewLine {
-  if (newLine === target) {
+  if (target === undefined) {
     return newLine
   }
 
-  if (newLine === undefined) {
-    return target
-  }
-
-  return 'both'
+  const before =
+    newLine.before !== undefined
+      ? target.before === 'never'
+        ? 'never'
+        : newLine.before
+      : target.before
+
+  const after =
+    newLine.after !== undefined
+      ? target.after === 'never'
+        ? 'never'
+        : newLine.after
+      : target.after
+
+  return { before, after }
 }
 
 export function spaceBetween<T extends ts.Node>(nodes: T[]) {
   return nodes.map((node, index) => {
-    if (index === nodes.length - 1) {
+    const nextNode = nodes[index + 1]
+
+    if (nextNode === undefined || nextNode.newLine?.before === 'never') {
       return node
     }
 
-    return { ...node, newLine: mergeNewLine(node.newLine, 'after') }
+    return { ...node, newLine: mergeNewLine(node.newLine, { after: true }) }
   })
 }
 
@@ -46,7 +72,7 @@ export function spaceAfter<T extends ts.Node>(nodes: T[]): T[] {
 
   return [
     ...nodes.slice(0, -1),
-    { ...last, newLine: mergeNewLine(last.newLine, 'after') },
+    { ...last, newLine: mergeNewLine(last.newLine, { after: true }) },
   ]
 }
 
@@ -64,9 +90,9 @@ export function spaceAround<T extends ts.Node>([first, ...rest]: T[]): T[] {
   const middle = rest.slice(0, -1)
 
   return [
-    { ...first, newLine: mergeNewLine(first.newLine, 'before') },
+    { ...first, newLine: mergeNewLine(first.newLine, { before: true }) },
     ...middle,
-    { ...last, newLine: mergeNewLine(last.newLine, 'after') },
+    { ...last, newLine: mergeNewLine(last.newLine, { after: true }) },
   ]
 }
 
@@ -75,7 +101,10 @@ export function spaceBefore<T extends ts.Node>([first, ...rest]: T[]): T[] {
     return []
   }
 
-  return [{ ...first, newLine: mergeNewLine(first.newLine, 'before') }, ...rest]
+  return [
+    { ...first, newLine: mergeNewLine(first.newLine, { before: true }) },
+    ...rest,
+  ]
 }
 
 export function trimSpacing<T extends ts.Node>([first, ...rest]: T[]): T[] {
diff --git a/src/codegen/estree/typescript-estree.d.ts b/src/codegen/estree/typescript-estree.d.ts
index 3945a2578..c182bba09 100644
--- a/src/codegen/estree/typescript-estree.d.ts
+++ b/src/codegen/estree/typescript-estree.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 declare module '@typescript-eslint/types' {
   namespace TSESTree {
-    type NewLine = 'before' | 'after' | 'both'
+    /**
+     * Options for specifying new line behavior around a node. Specifying
+     * `"never"` will prevent any new lines from being added in that position,
+     * even if other formatting rules would normally add them.
+     */
+    type NewLineOption = boolean | 'never'
+
+    type NewLine = {
+      before?: NewLineOption
+      after?: NewLineOption
+    }
 
     interface NodeOrTokenData {
       /**