diff --git a/src/Vendor/Composer/VersionConstraintNormalizer.php b/src/Vendor/Composer/VersionConstraintNormalizer.php
index 788a6f5d..9b2b2599 100644
--- a/src/Vendor/Composer/VersionConstraintNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Vendor/Composer/VersionConstraintNormalizer.php
@@ -122,64 +122,28 @@ private static function normalizeVersionConstraintSeparators(string $versionCons
 
     private static function replaceWildcardXWithAsterisk(string $versionConstraint): string
     {
-        $split = \explode(
-            ' ',
+        return self::applyRegularExpressionReplacementToVersionsInTurn(
             $versionConstraint,
-        );
-
-        foreach ($split as &$part) {
-            $part = \preg_replace(
-                '{^[xX]$}',
-                '*',
-                $part,
-            );
-        }
-
-        return \implode(
-            ' ',
-            $split,
+            '{^[xX]$}',
+            '*',
         );
     }
 
     private static function replaceWildcardWithTilde(string $versionConstraint): string
     {
-        $split = \explode(
-            ' ',
+        return self::applyRegularExpressionReplacementToVersionsInTurn(
             $versionConstraint,
-        );
-
-        foreach ($split as &$part) {
-            $part = \preg_replace(
-                '{^(\d+(?:\.\d+)*)\.[*xX]$}',
-                '~$1.0',
-                $part,
-            );
-        }
-
-        return \implode(
-            ' ',
-            $split,
+            '{^(\d+(?:\.\d+)*)\.[*xX]$}',
+            '~$1.0',
         );
     }
 
     private static function replaceTildeWithCaret(string $versionConstraint): string
     {
-        $split = \explode(
-            ' ',
+        return self::applyRegularExpressionReplacementToVersionsInTurn(
             $versionConstraint,
-        );
-
-        foreach ($split as &$part) {
-            $part = \preg_replace(
-                '{^~(\d+(?:\.\d+)?)$}',
-                '^$1',
-                $part,
-            );
-        }
-
-        return \implode(
-            ' ',
-            $split,
+            '{^~(\d+(?:\.\d+)?)$}',
+            '^$1',
         );
     }
 
@@ -196,22 +160,10 @@ private static function removeDuplicateVersionConstraints(string $versionConstra
 
     private static function removeLeadingVersionPrefix(string $versionConstraint): string
     {
-        $split = \explode(
-            ' ',
+        return self::applyRegularExpressionReplacementToVersionsInTurn(
             $versionConstraint,
-        );
-
-        foreach ($split as &$part) {
-            $part = \preg_replace(
-                '{^(|[!<>]=|[~<>^])v(\d+.*)$}',
-                '$1$2',
-                $part,
-            );
-        }
-
-        return \implode(
-            ' ',
-            $split,
+            '{^(|[!<>]=|[~<>^])v(\d+.*)$}',
+            '$1$2',
         );
     }
 
@@ -348,4 +300,28 @@ private static function joinAndConstraints(string ...$andConstraints): string
             $andConstraints,
         );
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param non-empty-string $find
+     */
+    private static function applyRegularExpressionReplacementToVersionsInTurn(string $versionConstraint, string $find, string $replace): string
+    {
+        $split = \explode(
+            ' ',
+            $versionConstraint,
+        );
+
+        foreach ($split as &$part) {
+            $part = \preg_replace(
+                $find,
+                $replace,
+                $part,
+            );
+        }
+
+        return \implode(
+            ' ',
+            $split,
+        );
+    }
 }