diff --git a/moli-renderer-v8/src/context_bootstrap/range_algorithms/text.rs b/moli-renderer-v8/src/context_bootstrap/range_algorithms/text.rs
index de35767202..fb2350f0a7 100644
--- a/moli-renderer-v8/src/context_bootstrap/range_algorithms/text.rs
+++ b/moli-renderer-v8/src/context_bootstrap/range_algorithms/text.rs
@@ -498,15 +498,11 @@ fn append_rendered_text_node(out: &mut String, text: &str) {
     let trailing = &text[last_non_ws..];
     let body = collapse_whitespace(&text[first_non_ws..last_non_ws]);
 
-    if leading.chars().any(char::is_whitespace)
-        && !leading.contains('\n')
-        && !out.is_empty()
-        && !out.ends_with([' ', '\n'])
-    {
+    if leading.chars().any(char::is_whitespace) && !out.is_empty() && !out.ends_with([' ', '\n']) {
         out.push(' ');
     }
     out.push_str(&body);
-    if trailing.chars().any(char::is_whitespace) && !trailing.contains('\n') {
+    if trailing.chars().any(char::is_whitespace) {
         out.push(' ');
     }
 }
diff --git a/moli-renderer-v8/src/script_vm/tests/dom_elements/dom_surface.rs b/moli-renderer-v8/src/script_vm/tests/dom_elements/dom_surface.rs
index 98af120a22..8e32814f79 100644
--- a/moli-renderer-v8/src/script_vm/tests/dom_elements/dom_surface.rs
+++ b/moli-renderer-v8/src/script_vm/tests/dom_elements/dom_surface.rs
@@ -4475,7 +4475,11 @@ fn selection_to_string_uses_rendered_native_range_projection() {
   const contentHidden = document.createElement("div");
   contentHidden.setAttribute("style", "content-visibility: hidden");
   contentHidden.textContent = "hidden content";
-  root.append(basic, nested, container, contentHidden);
+  const inlineWhitespace = document.createElement("div");
+  inlineWhitespace.append("alpha\n  ", Object.assign(document.createElement("span"), {
+    textContent: "\n beta\n"
+  }), "\n gamma");
+  root.append(basic, nested, container, contentHidden, inlineWhitespace);
   const scriptStyleRange = document.createRange();
   scriptStyleRange.selectNode(p);
   const scriptStyle = selectedStringFor(scriptStyleRange).replace(/\r\n/g, "\n");
@@ -4492,7 +4496,8 @@ fn selection_to_string_uses_rendered_native_range_projection() {
     selectContents(basic),
     selectContents(nested),
     selectContents(container),
-    selectContents(contentHidden)
+    selectContents(contentHidden),
+    selectContents(inlineWhitespace)
   ].join("|");
 })()
 "##,
@@ -4501,7 +4506,7 @@ fn selection_to_string_uses_rendered_native_range_projection() {
 
     assert_eq!(
         result,
-        "\nstyle text line\nfunction x() { return 1; }\n\nPASS|Hell|ac|start  end|selectabletext|"
+        "\nstyle text line\nfunction x() { return 1; }\n\nPASS|Hell|ac|start  end|selectabletext||alpha beta gamma"
     );
 }