diff --git a/openassessment/data.py b/openassessment/data.py
index 261c92ae1d..76336edc8b 100644
--- a/openassessment/data.py
+++ b/openassessment/data.py
@@ -578,16 +578,13 @@ def _build_response_file_links(cls, submission):
             string that contains newline-separated URLs to each of the files uploaded for this submission.
         """
         file_links = ''
-        sep = "\n"
+        sep = "\n"  # pylint: disable=unused-variable
         base_url = getattr(settings, 'LMS_ROOT_URL', '')
 
         from openassessment.xblock.openassessmentblock import OpenAssessmentBlock
         file_downloads = OpenAssessmentBlock.get_download_urls_from_submission(submission)
-        for url, _description, _filename, _size, _show_delete in file_downloads:
-            if file_links:
-                file_links += sep
-            file_links += urljoin(base_url, url)
-        return file_links
+        file_links = [urljoin(base_url, file_download.get('download_url')) for file_download in file_downloads]
+        return "\n".join(file_links)
 
     @classmethod
     def collect_ora2_data(cls, course_id):
diff --git a/openassessment/tests/test_data.py b/openassessment/tests/test_data.py
index ad95ee1110..92b37251c4 100644
--- a/openassessment/tests/test_data.py
+++ b/openassessment/tests/test_data.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from freezegun import freeze_time
 
 from django.core.management import call_command
-from django.test import TestCase
+from django.test import TestCase, override_settings
 
 from submissions import api as sub_api, team_api as team_sub_api
 import openassessment.assessment.api.peer as peer_api
@@ -532,6 +532,26 @@ def test_build_feedback_cell(self):
 
         self.assertEqual(feedback_cell, "")
 
+    @override_settings(LMS_ROOT_URL="https://example.com")
+    @patch('openassessment.xblock.openassessmentblock.OpenAssessmentBlock.get_download_urls_from_submission')
+    def test_build_response_file_links(self, mock_method):
+        """
+        Test _build_response_file_links method.
+
+        Ensures that the method returns the expected file links based on the given submission.
+        """
+        expected_result = "https://example.com/file1.pdf\nhttps://example.com/file2.png\nhttps://example.com/file3.jpeg"
+        file_downloads = [
+            {'download_url': '/file1.pdf'},
+            {'download_url': '/file2.png'},
+            {'download_url': '/file3.jpeg'},
+        ]
+        mock_method.return_value = file_downloads
+        # pylint: disable=protected-access
+        result = OraAggregateData._build_response_file_links('test submission')
+
+        self.assertEqual(result, expected_result)
+
 
 @ddt.ddt
 @patch.dict('django.conf.settings.FEATURES', {'ENABLE_ORA_USERNAMES_ON_DATA_EXPORT': True})