diff --git a/src/cli/cli_uart.cpp b/src/cli/cli_uart.cpp
index 9dc894b80..9818a9d5d 100644
--- a/src/cli/cli_uart.cpp
+++ b/src/cli/cli_uart.cpp
@@ -126,24 +126,11 @@ extern "C" void otPlatUartReceived(const uint8_t *aBuf, uint16_t aBufLength)
 
 void Uart::ReceiveTask(const uint8_t *aBuf, uint16_t aBufLength)
 {
-    static const char sCommandPrompt[] = {'>', ' '};
-
-#if OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_UART_CLI_RAW
-    if (aBufLength > 0)
-    {
-        memcpy(mRxBuffer + mRxLength, aBuf, aBufLength);
-        mRxLength += aBufLength;
-    }
-
-    if (aBuf[aBufLength - 1] == '\r' || aBuf[aBufLength - 1] == '\n')
-    {
-        mRxBuffer[mRxLength] = '\0';
-        ProcessCommand();
-        Output(sCommandPrompt, sizeof(sCommandPrompt));
-    }
-#else // OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_UART_CLI_RAW
+#if !OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_UART_CLI_RAW
     static const char sEraseString[] = {'\b', ' ', '\b'};
     static const char CRNL[]         = {'\r', '\n'};
+#endif
+    static const char sCommandPrompt[] = {'>', ' '};
     const uint8_t *   end;
 
     end = aBuf + aBufLength;
@@ -154,8 +141,9 @@ void Uart::ReceiveTask(const uint8_t *aBuf, uint16_t aBufLength)
         {
         case '\r':
         case '\n':
+#if !OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_UART_CLI_RAW
             Output(CRNL, sizeof(CRNL));
-
+#endif
             if (mRxLength > 0)
             {
                 mRxBuffer[mRxLength] = '\0';
@@ -166,6 +154,7 @@ void Uart::ReceiveTask(const uint8_t *aBuf, uint16_t aBufLength)
 
             break;
 
+#if !OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_UART_CLI_RAW
 #if OPENTHREAD_POSIX
 
         case 0x04: // ASCII for Ctrl-D
@@ -182,30 +171,27 @@ void Uart::ReceiveTask(const uint8_t *aBuf, uint16_t aBufLength)
             }
 
             break;
+#endif // !OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_UART_CLI_RAW
 
         default:
             if (mRxLength < kRxBufferSize - 1)
             {
+#if !OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_UART_CLI_RAW
                 Output(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(aBuf), 1);
+#endif
                 mRxBuffer[mRxLength++] = static_cast<char>(*aBuf);
             }
 
             break;
         }
     }
-#endif // OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_UART_CLI_RAW
 }
 
 otError Uart::ProcessCommand(void)
 {
     otError error = OT_ERROR_NONE;
 
-    if (mRxBuffer[mRxLength - 1] == '\n')
-    {
-        mRxBuffer[--mRxLength] = '\0';
-    }
-
-    if (mRxBuffer[mRxLength - 1] == '\r')
+    while (mRxBuffer[mRxLength - 1] == '\n' || mRxBuffer[mRxLength - 1] == '\r')
     {
         mRxBuffer[--mRxLength] = '\0';
     }
diff --git a/src/posix/Makefile-posix b/src/posix/Makefile-posix
index 72aabc038..b63ca4036 100644
--- a/src/posix/Makefile-posix
+++ b/src/posix/Makefile-posix
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ SNTP_CLIENT                          ?= 1
 UDP_FORWARD                          ?= 1
 
 COMMONCFLAGS                         := \
-    -DOPENTHREAD_CONFIG_UART_CLI_RAW=1  \
     -g                                  \
     $(NULL)
 
diff --git a/src/posix/platform/openthread-core-posix-config.h b/src/posix/platform/openthread-core-posix-config.h
index 37480e709..d22ca98b0 100644
--- a/src/posix/platform/openthread-core-posix-config.h
+++ b/src/posix/platform/openthread-core-posix-config.h
@@ -52,4 +52,6 @@
 #define OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_ENABLE_SLAAC 1
 #endif
 
+#define OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_UART_CLI_RAW 1
+
 #endif // OPENTHREAD_CORE_POSIX_CONFIG_H_