diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/InlineLevelIterator.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/InlineLevelIterator.cpp
index da9d88c9299..bb170e7536a 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/InlineLevelIterator.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/InlineLevelIterator.cpp
@@ -123,11 +123,8 @@ Optional<InlineLevelIterator::Item> InlineLevelIterator::next(float available_wi
     if (is<Layout::TextNode>(*m_current_node)) {
         auto& text_node = static_cast<Layout::TextNode const&>(*m_current_node);
 
-        if (!m_text_node_context.has_value()) {
-            auto& line_boxes = m_formatting_state.get(m_container).line_boxes;
-            bool previous_is_empty_or_ends_in_whitespace = line_boxes.is_empty() || line_boxes.last().is_empty_or_ends_in_whitespace();
-            enter_text_node(text_node, previous_is_empty_or_ends_in_whitespace);
-        }
+        if (!m_text_node_context.has_value())
+            enter_text_node(text_node);
 
         auto chunk_opt = m_text_node_context->next_chunk;
         if (!chunk_opt.has_value()) {
@@ -225,7 +222,7 @@ Optional<InlineLevelIterator::Item> InlineLevelIterator::next(float available_wi
     return item;
 }
 
-void InlineLevelIterator::enter_text_node(Layout::TextNode const& text_node, bool previous_is_empty_or_ends_in_whitespace)
+void InlineLevelIterator::enter_text_node(Layout::TextNode const& text_node)
 {
     bool do_collapse = true;
     bool do_wrap_lines = true;
@@ -250,7 +247,7 @@ void InlineLevelIterator::enter_text_node(Layout::TextNode const& text_node, boo
     }
 
     // FIXME: The const_cast here is gross.
-    const_cast<TextNode&>(text_node).compute_text_for_rendering(do_collapse, previous_is_empty_or_ends_in_whitespace);
+    const_cast<TextNode&>(text_node).compute_text_for_rendering(do_collapse);
 
     m_text_node_context = TextNodeContext {
         .do_collapse = do_collapse,
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/InlineLevelIterator.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/InlineLevelIterator.h
index 6709c9735fa..21b7dd1a5e3 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/InlineLevelIterator.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/InlineLevelIterator.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ private:
     void skip_to_next();
     void compute_next();
 
-    void enter_text_node(Layout::TextNode const&, bool previous_is_empty_or_ends_in_whitespace);
+    void enter_text_node(Layout::TextNode const&);
 
     void enter_node_with_box_model_metrics(Layout::NodeWithStyleAndBoxModelMetrics const&);
     void exit_node_with_box_model_metrics();
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/TextNode.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/TextNode.cpp
index 089ab701a44..083f1500d41 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/TextNode.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/TextNode.cpp
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ static bool is_all_whitespace(StringView string)
     return true;
 }
 
-// NOTE: This collapes whitespace into a single ASCII space if collapse is true. If previous_is_empty_or_ends_in_whitespace, it also strips leading whitespace.
-void TextNode::compute_text_for_rendering(bool collapse, bool previous_is_empty_or_ends_in_whitespace)
+// NOTE: This collapses whitespace into a single ASCII space if collapse is true.
+void TextNode::compute_text_for_rendering(bool collapse)
 {
     auto& data = dom_node().data();
     if (!collapse || data.is_empty()) {
@@ -44,12 +44,8 @@ void TextNode::compute_text_for_rendering(bool collapse, bool previous_is_empty_
     // NOTE: A couple fast returns to avoid unnecessarily allocating a StringBuilder.
     if (data.length() == 1) {
         if (is_ascii_space(data[0])) {
-            if (previous_is_empty_or_ends_in_whitespace)
-                m_text_for_rendering = String::empty();
-            else {
-                static String s_single_space_string = " ";
-                m_text_for_rendering = s_single_space_string;
-            }
+            static String s_single_space_string = " ";
+            m_text_for_rendering = s_single_space_string;
         } else {
             m_text_for_rendering = data;
         }
@@ -76,8 +72,6 @@ void TextNode::compute_text_for_rendering(bool collapse, bool previous_is_empty_
             ++index;
     };
 
-    if (previous_is_empty_or_ends_in_whitespace)
-        skip_over_whitespace();
     while (index < data.length()) {
         if (is_ascii_space(data[index])) {
             builder.append(' ');
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/TextNode.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/TextNode.h
index 3fcbd68e756..f468b870890 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/TextNode.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/TextNode.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public:
         Utf8View::Iterator m_iterator;
     };
 
-    void compute_text_for_rendering(bool collapse, bool previous_is_empty_or_ends_in_whitespace);
+    void compute_text_for_rendering(bool collapse);
 
     virtual RefPtr<Painting::Paintable> create_paintable() const override;