diff --git a/src/resource/index.js b/src/resource/index.js
index 66c853c2..b864f636 100644
--- a/src/resource/index.js
+++ b/src/resource/index.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const Resource = {
       throw new Error('Content does not appear to be text.');
     }
 
-    let $ = cheerio.load(content, { normalizeWhitespace: true });
+    let $ = cheerio.load(content);
 
     if ($.root().children().length === 0) {
       throw new Error('No children, likely a bad parse.');
diff --git a/src/shims/cheerio-query.js b/src/shims/cheerio-query.js
index 4d02da51..a7d5fcb4 100644
--- a/src/shims/cheerio-query.js
+++ b/src/shims/cheerio-query.js
@@ -84,17 +84,9 @@ $.cleanup = () => {
 };
 
 $.load = (html, opts = {}, returnHtml = false) => {
-  const { normalizeWhitespace } = opts;
-
   if (!html) {
     html = $.cloneHtml();
   } else {
-    if (normalizeWhitespace) {
-      if (typeof html === 'string') {
-        html = html.replace(/[\s\n\r]+/g, ' ');
-      }
-    }
-
     html = $('<container />').html(html);
   }