diff --git a/PySpice/Spice/Parser.py b/PySpice/Spice/Parser.py
index 458b1c056..776505ae4 100644
--- a/PySpice/Spice/Parser.py
+++ b/PySpice/Spice/Parser.py
@@ -817,7 +817,6 @@ def _merge_lines(self, raw_lines):
         lines = []
         current_line = None
         for line_index, line_string in enumerate(raw_lines):
-            line_string = line_string.lstrip(' ')
             if line_string.startswith('+'):
                 current_line.append(line_string[1:].strip('\r\n'))
             else: