diff --git a/src/Screen.cpp b/src/Screen.cpp
index 493302a8..f793e234 100644
--- a/src/Screen.cpp
+++ b/src/Screen.cpp
@@ -1229,14 +1229,6 @@ int Screen::copyLineToStream(int line ,
         Character* data = screenLines[screenLine].data();
         int length = screenLines[screenLine].count();
 
-        // ignore trailing white space at the end of the line
-        for (int i = length-1; i >= 0; i--)
-        {
-            if (data[i].character == ' ')
-                length--;
-            else
-                break;
-        }
         //retrieve line from screen image
         for (int i=start;i < qMin(start+count,length);i++)
         {