diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/trim/LTrimRTrim.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/trim/LTrimRTrim.java
index 9ca1122441..9bf10e22cf 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/trim/LTrimRTrim.java
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/trim/LTrimRTrim.java
@@ -114,11 +114,8 @@ public class LTrimRTrim {
     // Apache Commons StringUtils containsIgnoreCase
     @Benchmark
     public boolean apacheCommonsStringUtils() {
-        String ltrim = org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.stripStart(src, " ");
-        String rtrim = org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.stripEnd(src, " ");
-
-        ltrim = org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.stripStart(src, null);
-        rtrim = org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.stripEnd(src, null);
+        String ltrim = org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.stripStart(src, null);
+        String rtrim = org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.stripEnd(src, null);
 
         return checkStrings(ltrim, rtrim);
     }
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/trim/LTrimRTrimUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/trim/LTrimRTrimUnitTest.java
index f60340c238..3d8f8b382b 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/trim/LTrimRTrimUnitTest.java
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/trim/LTrimRTrimUnitTest.java
@@ -67,15 +67,8 @@ public class LTrimRTrimUnitTest {
     @Test
     public void givenString_whenCallingStringUtilsStripStartEnd_thenReturnsTrue() {
         // Use StringUtils containsIgnoreCase to avoid case insensitive issues
-        String ltrim = org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.stripStart(src, " ");
-        String rtrim = org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.stripEnd(src, " ");
-        
-        // Compare the Strings obtained and the expected
-        Assert.assertTrue(ltrimResult.equalsIgnoreCase(ltrim));
-        Assert.assertTrue(rtrimResult.equalsIgnoreCase(rtrim));
-
-        ltrim = org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.stripStart(src, null);
-        rtrim = org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.stripEnd(src, null);
+        String ltrim = org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.stripStart(src, null);
+        String rtrim = org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.stripEnd(src, null);
 
         // Compare the Strings obtained and the expected
         Assert.assertTrue(ltrimResult.equalsIgnoreCase(ltrim));