diff --git a/src/core/kconfigini.cpp b/src/core/kconfigini.cpp
--- a/src/core/kconfigini.cpp
+++ b/src/core/kconfigini.cpp
@@ -727,7 +727,6 @@
     if (result.endsWith(' ') && type != GroupString) {
         result.replace(result.length() - 1, 1, "\\s");
     }
-    result.squeeze();
 
     return result;
 }