diff --git a/components/ILIAS/ScormAicc/classes/class.ilScormAiccImporter.php b/components/ILIAS/ScormAicc/classes/class.ilScormAiccImporter.php
index 954076055e3c..bd3c047bf36f 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/ScormAicc/classes/class.ilScormAiccImporter.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/ScormAicc/classes/class.ilScormAiccImporter.php
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ function (SimpleXMLElement $properties_xml_doc): ?\ILIAS\Data\Result {
 
                             foreach ($this->module_properties as $key => $property_node) {
                                 $property_value = $property_node->__toString();
-                                $filteredValue = preg_replace('%\s%', '', $property_value);
+                                $filteredValue = trim($property_value);
                                 $this->module_properties[$key] = ilUtil::stripSlashes($filteredValue);
                             }