diff --git a/src/apps/deskflow-gui/MainWindow.cpp b/src/apps/deskflow-gui/MainWindow.cpp
index 7efcf6e40..84e8e6042 100644
--- a/src/apps/deskflow-gui/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/deskflow-gui/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ void MainWindow::handleLogLine(const QString &line)
 
   // only trim end instead of the whole line to prevent tab-indented debug
   // filenames from losing their indentation.
-  ui->textLog->appendPlainText(trimEnd(line));
+  ui->textLog->appendPlainText(line.trimmed());
 
   if (scrollAtBottom) {
     verticalScroll->setValue(verticalScroll->maximum());
diff --git a/src/lib/gui/StringUtils.h b/src/lib/gui/StringUtils.h
index 5a4aaa0fa..2d5f43957 100644
--- a/src/lib/gui/StringUtils.h
+++ b/src/lib/gui/StringUtils.h
@@ -15,12 +15,3 @@ inline bool strToTrue(const QString &str)
 {
   return str.toLower() == "true" || str == "1";
 }
-
-inline QString trimEnd(const QString &str)
-{
-  QString result = str;
-  while (!result.isEmpty() && result.at(result.size() - 1).isSpace()) {
-    result.chop(1);
-  }
-  return result;
-}