diff --git a/app/models/post.rb b/app/models/post.rb
index e5bed04dcb6..0ff7415392f 100644
--- a/app/models/post.rb
+++ b/app/models/post.rb
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   def raw_hash
     return if raw.blank?
-    Digest::SHA1.hexdigest(raw.gsub(/\s+/, ""))
+    Digest::SHA1.hexdigest(raw)
   end
 
   def self.white_listed_image_classes
diff --git a/spec/models/post_spec.rb b/spec/models/post_spec.rb
index 1822832984e..c4ea3551145 100644
--- a/spec/models/post_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/post_spec.rb
@@ -455,10 +455,6 @@ describe Post do
       post.raw_hash.should_not == post_with_body("something else").raw_hash
     end
 
-    it "returns the same hash even with different white space" do
-      post.raw_hash.should == post_with_body(" thisis ourt est postbody").raw_hash
-    end
-
     it "returns a different value with different text case" do
       post.raw_hash.should_not == post_with_body("THIS is OUR TEST post BODy").raw_hash
     end