diff --git a/lib/src/processing/whitespace.dart b/lib/src/processing/whitespace.dart
index 6dc2e74a3f..bf5cf40277 100644
--- a/lib/src/processing/whitespace.dart
+++ b/lib/src/processing/whitespace.dart
@@ -226,8 +226,7 @@ class WhitespaceProcessing {
   /// (4) Replace any instances of two or more spaces with a single space.
   static String _removeUnnecessaryWhitespace(String text) {
     return text
-        .replaceAll(RegExp(r" *(?=\n)"), "")
-        .replaceAll(RegExp(r"(?<=\n) *"), "")
+        .replaceAll(RegExp(r" *\n *"), "\n")
         .replaceAll("\n", " ")
         .replaceAll("\t", " ")
         .replaceAll(RegExp(r" {2,}"), " ");