diff --git a/src/gen_nntp.erl b/src/gen_nntp.erl
index 6450e7d..171c960 100644
--- a/src/gen_nntp.erl
+++ b/src/gen_nntp.erl
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ multiline(Socket, {ok, Acc}) ->
   case gen_tcp:recv(Socket, 0, 1000) of
     % End of the multi-line response.
     {ok, <<".\r\n">>} ->
-      {ok, re:replace(Acc, "^\\s+|\\s+$", "", [{return, binary}, global])};
+      {ok, Acc};
     {ok, Line} when is_binary(Line) ->
       multiline(Socket, {ok, <<Acc/binary, Line/binary>>});
     {error, Reason} ->