diff --git a/tests/PHPUnit/Impl/TestRequestResponse.php b/tests/PHPUnit/Impl/TestRequestResponse.php
index d1f37112156f5cd51e47976b813d8c38db6a25e8..948b122ec80c27eb35b58bfff0d3ee8088686507 100644
--- a/tests/PHPUnit/Impl/TestRequestResponse.php
+++ b/tests/PHPUnit/Impl/TestRequestResponse.php
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class TestRequestResponse
         $apiResponse = $this->removeXmlFields($apiResponse);
         $apiResponse = $this->normalizeDecimalFields($apiResponse);
         $apiResponse = $this->normalizeEncodingPhp533($apiResponse);
-        $apiResponse = $this->normaliseSpaces($apiResponse);
+        $apiResponse = $this->normalizeSpaces($apiResponse);
 
         return $apiResponse;
     }
@@ -247,13 +247,13 @@ class TestRequestResponse
         return $response;
     }
 
-    private function normaliseSpaces($apiResponse)
+    private function normalizeSpaces($apiResponse)
     {
         if (strpos($this->requestUrl['format'], 'json') === 0) {
             $apiResponse = str_replace(' ', '\u00a0', $apiResponse);
         }
-        if (strpos($this->requestUrl['format'], 'xml') === 0) {
-            $apiResponse = str_replace(' ', ' ', $apiResponse);
+        if ($this->requestUrl['format'] === 'xml') {
+            $apiResponse = str_replace(' ', '', $apiResponse);
         }
         return $apiResponse;
     }