diff --git a/internal/store/endpointslice_test.go b/internal/store/endpointslice_test.go
index bdb8a9419..a377c04de 100644
--- a/internal/store/endpointslice_test.go
+++ b/internal/store/endpointslice_test.go
@@ -157,10 +157,10 @@ func TestEndpointSliceStore(t *testing.T) {
 					# HELP kube_endpointslice_endpoints Endpoints attached to the endpointslice.
 					# HELP kube_endpointslice_endpoints_hints Topology routing hints attached to endpoints
 					# TYPE kube_endpointslice_endpoints gauge
-        			        # TYPE kube_endpointslice_endpoints_hints gauge
+        			# TYPE kube_endpointslice_endpoints_hints gauge
          			kube_endpointslice_endpoints_hints{address="10.0.0.1",endpointslice="test_endpointslice-endpoints",for_zone="zone1",namespace="test"} 1
         			kube_endpointslice_endpoints{address="10.0.0.1",endpoint_nodename="node",endpoint_zone="west",endpointslice="test_endpointslice-endpoints",hostname="",namespace="test",ready="true",serving="false",targetref_kind="",targetref_name="",targetref_namespace="",terminating="host"} 1
-				kube_endpointslice_endpoints{address="192.168.1.10",endpoint_nodename="node",endpoint_zone="west",endpointslice="test_endpointslice-endpoints",hostname="",namespace="test",ready="true",serving="false",targetref_kind="",targetref_name="",targetref_namespace="",terminating="host"} 1  
+					kube_endpointslice_endpoints{address="192.168.1.10",endpoint_nodename="node",endpoint_zone="west",endpointslice="test_endpointslice-endpoints",hostname="",namespace="test",ready="true",serving="false",targetref_kind="",targetref_name="",targetref_namespace="",terminating="host"} 1
 				`,
 
 			MetricNames: []string{
diff --git a/internal/store/testutils.go b/internal/store/testutils.go
index 2c52838ff..b78ccdc92 100644
--- a/internal/store/testutils.go
+++ b/internal/store/testutils.go
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func removeUnusedWhitespace(s string) string {
 	)
 
 	for _, l := range lines {
-		trimmedLine = strings.TrimSpace(l)
+		trimmedLine = strings.TrimLeft(l, " \t")
 
 		if len(trimmedLine) > 0 {
 			trimmedLines = append(trimmedLines, trimmedLine)
diff --git a/internal/store/testutils_test.go b/internal/store/testutils_test.go
index b413b7c92..1421d1586 100644
--- a/internal/store/testutils_test.go
+++ b/internal/store/testutils_test.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ kube_pod_container_info{container="container3",container_id="docker://ef789",ima
 }
 
 func TestRemoveUnusedWhitespace(t *testing.T) {
-	in := "       kube_cron_job_info \n        kube_pod_container_info \n        kube_config_map_info     "
+	in := "kube_cron_job_info\nkube_pod_container_info\nkube_config_map_info"
 
 	want := "kube_cron_job_info\nkube_pod_container_info\nkube_config_map_info"