diff --git a/internal/c/libqb.cpp b/internal/c/libqb.cpp
index 06d78f760..5d8373309 100644
--- a/internal/c/libqb.cpp
+++ b/internal/c/libqb.cpp
@@ -6726,20 +6726,7 @@ qbs *qbs_rtrim(qbs *str){
 }
 
 qbs *qbs__trim(qbs *str){
-    if (!str->len) return str;
-    if ((*str->chr!=32)&&(str->chr[str->len-1]!=32)) return str;//pass on
-
-    qbs *tqbs = NULL;
-    if (str->tmp&&!str->fixed&&!str->readonly&&!str->in_cmem) {
-        tqbs=str;
-    }
-    else {
-        tqbs = qbs_new(str->len,1);
-        memcpy(tqbs->chr,str->chr,str->len);
-    }
-    qbs_set(tqbs,qbs_rtrim(qbs_ltrim(tqbs)));
-    if (tqbs!=str&&str->tmp) qbs_free(str);
-    return tqbs;
+    return qbs_rtrim(qbs_ltrim(str));
 }
 
 int32 func__str_nc_compare(qbs *s1, qbs *s2) {