diff --git a/classes/range.js b/classes/range.js
index a791d912..c0da0b8e 100644
--- a/classes/range.js
+++ b/classes/range.js
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class Range {
     range = range.replace(re[t.CARETTRIM], caretTrimReplace)
 
     // normalize spaces
-    range = range.split(/\s+/).join(' ')
+    range = range.replace(/  +/g, ' ')
 
     // At this point, the range is completely trimmed and
     // ready to be split into comparators.
diff --git a/ranges/to-comparators.js b/ranges/to-comparators.js
index 6c8bc7e6..e2e935ca 100644
--- a/ranges/to-comparators.js
+++ b/ranges/to-comparators.js
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ const Range = require('../classes/range')
 // Mostly just for testing and legacy API reasons
 const toComparators = (range, options) =>
   new Range(range, options).set
-    .map(comp => comp.map(c => c.value).join(' ').trim().split(' '))
+    .map(comp => comp.map(c => c.value.trim()))
 
 module.exports = toComparators