diff --git a/src/processNodes.js b/src/processNodes.js
index ba414ac..b5bd43e 100644
--- a/src/processNodes.js
+++ b/src/processNodes.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import isEmptyTextNode from './utils/isEmptyTextNode';
 import convertNodeToElement from './convertNodeToElement';
 
 /**
@@ -11,7 +10,6 @@ import convertNodeToElement from './convertNodeToElement';
 export default function processNodes(nodes, transform) {
 
   return nodes
-    .filter(node => !isEmptyTextNode(node))
     .map((node, index) => {
 
       // return the result of the transform function if applicable
diff --git a/src/utils/isEmptyTextNode.js b/src/utils/isEmptyTextNode.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 27b8f48..0000000
--- a/src/utils/isEmptyTextNode.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Tests a htmlparser2 node and returns whether is it a text node at the start and end of the line containing only
- * white space. This allows these node types to be excluded from the rendering because they are unnecessary.
- *
- * @param {Object} node The element object as created by htmlparser2
- * @returns {boolean} Whether the node is an empty text node
- */
-export default function isEmptyTextNode(node) {
-  return node.type === 'text' && /\r?\n/.test(node.data) && node.data.trim() === '';
-}
diff --git a/test/integration/integration.spec.js b/test/integration/integration.spec.js
index b9d1930..ce804c0 100644
--- a/test/integration/integration.spec.js
+++ b/test/integration/integration.spec.js
@@ -193,4 +193,10 @@ describe('Integration tests: ', () => {
     expect(htmlparser2).toBeDefined();
   });
 
+  it('should preserve whitespace with new lines between nodes', () => {
+    test(
+      '<strong>there should be</strong>\n  <strong>a space</strong>',
+      '<strong>there should be</strong>\n  <strong>a space</strong>'
+    );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/unit/processNodes.spec.js b/test/unit/processNodes.spec.js
index a9131c0..d8b2d0b 100644
--- a/test/unit/processNodes.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/processNodes.spec.js
@@ -1,34 +1,16 @@
-const isEmptyTextNode = jasmine.createSpy('isEmptyTextNode');
 const convertNodeToElement = jasmine.createSpy('convertNodeToElement');
 
 const processNodes = require('inject!processNodes')({
-  './utils/isEmptyTextNode': isEmptyTextNode,
   './convertNodeToElement': convertNodeToElement
 }).default;
 
 describe('Testing `processNodes`', () => {
 
   beforeEach(() => {
-    isEmptyTextNode.calls.reset();
-    isEmptyTextNode.and.returnValue(false);
     convertNodeToElement.calls.reset();
     convertNodeToElement.and.callFake(node => node);
   });
 
-  it('should filter out empty text nodes', () => {
-
-    isEmptyTextNode.and.callFake(node => node !== 'node2');
-
-    const nodes = [
-      'node1',
-      'node2',
-      'node3'
-    ];
-
-    expect(processNodes(nodes)).toEqual(['node2']);
-
-  });
-
   it('should return the response from the transform function if it is not undefined', () => {
     const nodes = [
       'node1',
diff --git a/test/unit/utils/isEmptyTextNode.spec.js b/test/unit/utils/isEmptyTextNode.spec.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 30f74bc..0000000
--- a/test/unit/utils/isEmptyTextNode.spec.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-import isEmptyTextNode from 'utils/isEmptyTextNode';
-
-describe('Testing `utils/isEmptyTextNode`', () => {
-
-  it('should return true for text nodes that contain a line break', () => {
-
-    const nodes = [
-      { type: 'text', data:'\n' },
-      { type: 'text', data:'   \n' },
-      { type: 'text', data:'\n   ' },
-      { type: 'text', data:'    \n   ' },
-      { type: 'text', data:'\r\n' },
-      { type: 'text', data:'   \r\n' },
-      { type: 'text', data:'\r\n   ' },
-      { type: 'text', data:'    \r\n   ' }
-    ];
-
-    nodes.forEach(node => {
-      expect(isEmptyTextNode(node)).toBe(true);
-    });
-
-  });
-
-  it('should return false for text nodes not containing a line break', () => {
-    expect(isEmptyTextNode({ type:'text', data: '' })).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  it('should return false for non text nodes', () => {
-    expect(isEmptyTextNode({ type:'tag' })).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-});