diff --git a/src/Spout/Reader/XLSX/Helper/SharedStringsHelper.php b/src/Spout/Reader/XLSX/Helper/SharedStringsHelper.php
index 4d97ee45..a334bb1c 100644
--- a/src/Spout/Reader/XLSX/Helper/SharedStringsHelper.php
+++ b/src/Spout/Reader/XLSX/Helper/SharedStringsHelper.php
@@ -234,11 +234,6 @@ protected function extractTextValueForNodes($textNodes)
         $textValue = '';
 
         foreach ($textNodes as $nodeIndex => $textNode) {
-            if ($nodeIndex !== 0) {
-                // add a space between each "t" node
-                $textValue .= ' ';
-            }
-
             $textNodeAsString = $textNode->__toString();
             $shouldPreserveWhitespace = $this->shouldPreserveWhitespace($textNode);
 
diff --git a/tests/resources/xlsx/one_sheet_with_shared_strings_containing_text_and_hyperlink_in_same_cell.xlsx b/tests/resources/xlsx/one_sheet_with_shared_strings_containing_text_and_hyperlink_in_same_cell.xlsx
index 08527df0..8de03588 100644
Binary files a/tests/resources/xlsx/one_sheet_with_shared_strings_containing_text_and_hyperlink_in_same_cell.xlsx and b/tests/resources/xlsx/one_sheet_with_shared_strings_containing_text_and_hyperlink_in_same_cell.xlsx differ