diff --git a/src/battle_message.c b/src/battle_message.c
index 995f7756c6..afac87d479 100644
--- a/src/battle_message.c
+++ b/src/battle_message.c
@@ -3142,10 +3142,7 @@ u32 BattleStringExpandPlaceholders(const u8 *src, u8 *dst, u32 dstSize)
             {
                 while (*toCpy != EOS)
                 {
-                    if (*toCpy == CHAR_SPACE)
-                        dst[dstID] = CHAR_NBSP;
-                    else
-                        dst[dstID] = *toCpy;
+                    dst[dstID] = *toCpy;
                     dstID++;
                     toCpy++;
                 }