diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/xslt/MARC21slimUtils.xsl b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/xslt/MARC21slimUtils.xsl
index 46b35fac3e..8c0618b263 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/xslt/MARC21slimUtils.xsl
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/xslt/MARC21slimUtils.xsl
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@
 			<xsl:when test="not($chopString)"/>
 			<xsl:otherwise><xsl:value-of select="$chopString"/></xsl:otherwise>
 		</xsl:choose>
-<xsl:text> </xsl:text>
 	</xsl:template>
 
 	<!-- Function extractControlNumber is used to extract the control number (record number) from MARC tags 773/80/85 [etc.] subfield $w.
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/prog/en/xslt/MARC21slimUtils.xsl b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/prog/en/xslt/MARC21slimUtils.xsl
index 9ec913cdca..c39ca39508 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/prog/en/xslt/MARC21slimUtils.xsl
+++ b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/prog/en/xslt/MARC21slimUtils.xsl
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@
 			<xsl:when test="not($chopString)"/>
 			<xsl:otherwise><xsl:value-of select="$chopString"/></xsl:otherwise>
 		</xsl:choose>
-<xsl:text> </xsl:text>
 	</xsl:template>
 
 	<!-- Function extractControlNumber is used to extract the control number (record number) from MARC tags 773/80/85 [etc.] subfield $w.