diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Text.ts b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Text.ts
index 7500f5ff30..bb2082e073 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Text.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Text.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export default class Text extends Node {
 		super(component, parent, scope, info);
 		this.data = info.data;
 
-		if (!component.component_options.preserveWhitespace && !/\S/.test(info.data)) {
+		
 			let node = parent;
 			while (node) {
 				if (node.type === 'Element' && node.name === 'pre') {
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ export default class Text extends Node {
 				node = node.parent;
 			}
 
-			this.use_space = true;
-		}
+		
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render-dom/wrappers/Text.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render-dom/wrappers/Text.ts
index 1781eb2e58..c83fd38f2c 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render-dom/wrappers/Text.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render-dom/wrappers/Text.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export default class TextWrapper extends Wrapper {
 
 		block.add_element(
 			this.var,
-			this.node.use_space ? (this.node.data && this.node.data.charCodeAt(0) === 160) ? `@nbsp()` : `@space()` : `@text(${stringify(this.data)})`,
+			`@text(${stringify(this.data)})`,
 			parent_nodes && `@claim_text(${parent_nodes}, ${stringify(this.data)})`,
 			parent_node
 		);
diff --git a/src/runtime/internal/dom.ts b/src/runtime/internal/dom.ts
index 30962e74c7..05e18e2bcd 100644
--- a/src/runtime/internal/dom.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/internal/dom.ts
@@ -62,13 +62,6 @@ export function text(data: string) {
 	return document.createTextNode(data);
 }
 
-export function space() {
-	return text(' ');
-}
-
-export function nbsp() {
-	return text(String.fromCharCode(160));
-}
 
 export function empty() {
 	return text('');