diff --git a/src/core/__tests__/ReactRenderDocument-test.js b/src/core/__tests__/ReactRenderDocument-test.js
index 350c0356b7b..04e3d30525f 100644
--- a/src/core/__tests__/ReactRenderDocument-test.js
+++ b/src/core/__tests__/ReactRenderDocument-test.js
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ describe('rendering React components at document', function() {
     React.renderComponentToString(<Root />, function(markup) {
       testDocument = getTestDocument(markup);
       var component = React.renderComponent(<Root />, testDocument);
-      expect(testDocument.body.innerHTML).toBe(' Hello world ');
+      expect(testDocument.body.innerHTML).toBe('Hello world');
 
       var componentID = ReactMount.getReactRootID(testDocument);
       expect(componentID).toBe(component._rootNodeID);
@@ -95,13 +95,13 @@ describe('rendering React components at document', function() {
     React.renderComponentToString(<Root />, function(markup) {
       testDocument = getTestDocument(markup);
       React.renderComponent(<Root />, testDocument);
-      expect(testDocument.body.innerHTML).toBe(' Hello world ');
+      expect(testDocument.body.innerHTML).toBe('Hello world');
 
       expect(function() {
         React.unmountComponentAtNode(testDocument);
       }).toThrow(UNMOUNT_INVARIANT_MESSAGE);
 
-      expect(testDocument.body.innerHTML).toBe(' Hello world ');
+      expect(testDocument.body.innerHTML).toBe('Hello world');
     });
   });
 
@@ -143,14 +143,14 @@ describe('rendering React components at document', function() {
 
       React.renderComponent(<Component />, testDocument);
 
-      expect(testDocument.body.innerHTML).toBe(' Hello world ');
+      expect(testDocument.body.innerHTML).toBe('Hello world');
 
       // Reactive update
       expect(function() {
         React.renderComponent(<Component2 />, testDocument);
       }).toThrow(UNMOUNT_INVARIANT_MESSAGE);
 
-      expect(testDocument.body.innerHTML).toBe(' Hello world ');
+      expect(testDocument.body.innerHTML).toBe('Hello world');
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/vendor/fbtransform/transforms/react.js b/vendor/fbtransform/transforms/react.js
index af5aa7dbedc..0c217c7c718 100644
--- a/vendor/fbtransform/transforms/react.js
+++ b/vendor/fbtransform/transforms/react.js
@@ -68,10 +68,6 @@ function visitReactTag(traverse, object, path, state) {
 
   utils.move(object.name.range[1], state);
 
-  var childrenToRender = object.children.filter(function(child) {
-    return !(child.type === Syntax.Literal && !child.value.match(/\S/));
-  });
-
   // if we don't have any attributes, pass in null
   if (object.attributes.length === 0) {
     utils.append('null', state);
@@ -131,16 +127,18 @@ function visitReactTag(traverse, object, path, state) {
   }
 
   // filter out whitespace
+  var childrenToRender = object.children.filter(function(child) {
+    return !(child.type === Syntax.Literal &&
+             child.value.match(/^[ \t]*[\r\n][ \t\r\n]*$/));
+  });
+  
   if (childrenToRender.length > 0) {
     utils.append(', ', state);
 
-    object.children.forEach(function(child) {
-      if (child.type === Syntax.Literal && !child.value.match(/\S/)) {
-        return;
-      }
+    childrenToRender.forEach(function(child, index) {
       utils.catchup(child.range[0], state);
 
-      var isLast = child === childrenToRender[childrenToRender.length - 1];
+      var isLast = index === childrenToRender.length - 1;
 
       if (child.type === Syntax.Literal) {
         renderXJSLiteral(child, isLast, state);
diff --git a/vendor/fbtransform/transforms/xjs.js b/vendor/fbtransform/transforms/xjs.js
index faa9fb40f33..97b4f0432c1 100644
--- a/vendor/fbtransform/transforms/xjs.js
+++ b/vendor/fbtransform/transforms/xjs.js
@@ -149,118 +149,65 @@ var knownTags = {
   wbr: true
 };
 
-function safeTrim(string) {
-  return string.replace(/^[ \t]+/, '').replace(/[ \t]+$/, '');
-}
-
-// Replace all trailing whitespace characters with a single space character
-function trimWithSingleSpace(string) {
-  return string.replace(/^[ \t\xA0]{2,}/, ' ').
-    replace(/[ \t\xA0]{2,}$/, ' ').replace(/^\s+$/, '');
-}
-
-/**
- * Special handling for multiline string literals
- * print lines:
- *
- *   line
- *   line
- *
- * as:
- *
- *   "line "+
- *   "line"
- */
 function renderXJSLiteral(object, isLast, state, start, end) {
-  /** Added blank check filtering and triming*/
-  var trimmedChildValue = safeTrim(object.value);
-  var hasFinalNewLine = false;
-
-  if (trimmedChildValue) {
-    // head whitespace
-    utils.append(object.value.match(/^[\t ]*/)[0], state);
-    if (start) {
-      utils.append(start, state);
+  var lines = object.value.split(/\r\n|\n|\r/);
+  
+  if (start) {
+    utils.append(start, state);
+  }
+  
+  var lastNonEmptyLine = 0;
+  
+  lines.forEach(function (line, index) {
+    if (line.match(/[^ \t]/)) {
+      lastNonEmptyLine = index;
     }
-
-    var trimmedChildValueWithSpace = trimWithSingleSpace(object.value);
-
-    /**
-     */
-    var initialLines = trimmedChildValue.split(/\r\n|\n|\r/);
-
-    var lines = initialLines.filter(function(line) {
-      return safeTrim(line).length > 0;
-    });
-
-    var hasInitialNewLine = initialLines[0] !== lines[0];
-    hasFinalNewLine =
-      initialLines[initialLines.length - 1] !== lines[lines.length - 1];
-
-    var numLines = lines.length;
-    lines.forEach(function (line, ii) {
-      var lastLine = ii === numLines - 1;
-      var trimmedLine = safeTrim(line);
-      if (trimmedLine === '' && !lastLine) {
-        utils.append(line, state);
-      } else {
-        var preString = '';
-        var postString = '';
-        var leading = line.match(/^[ \t]*/)[0];
-
-        if (ii === 0) {
-          if (hasInitialNewLine) {
-            preString = ' ';
-            leading = '\n' + leading;
-          }
-          if (trimmedChildValueWithSpace.substring(0, 1) === ' ') {
-            // If this is the first line, and the original content starts with
-            // whitespace, place a single space at the beginning.
-            preString = ' ';
-          }
+  });
+  
+  lines.forEach(function (line, index) {
+    var isFirstLine = index === 0;
+    var isLastLine = index === lines.length - 1;
+    var isLastNonEmptyLine = index === lastNonEmptyLine;
+    
+    // replace rendered whitespace tabs with spaces
+    var trimmedLine = line.replace(/\t/g, ' ');
+    
+    // trim whitespace touching a newline
+    if (!isFirstLine) {
+      trimmedLine = trimmedLine.replace(/^[ ]+/, '');
+    }
+    if (!isLastLine) {
+      trimmedLine = trimmedLine.replace(/[ ]+$/, '');
+    }
+    
+    utils.append(line.match(/^[ \t]*/)[0], state);
+    
+    if (trimmedLine || isLastNonEmptyLine) {
+      utils.append(
+        JSON.stringify(trimmedLine) +
+        (!isLastNonEmptyLine ? "+' '+" : ''),
+        state);
+      
+      if (isLastNonEmptyLine) {
+        if (end) {
+          utils.append(end, state);
         }
-        if (!lastLine || trimmedChildValueWithSpace.substr(
-             trimmedChildValueWithSpace.length - 1, 1) === ' ' ||
-             hasFinalNewLine
-             ) {
-          // If either not on the last line, or the original content ends with
-          // whitespace, place a single character at the end.
-          postString = ' ';
+        if (!isLast) {
+          utils.append(',', state);
         }
-
-        utils.append(
-          leading +
-          JSON.stringify(
-            preString + trimmedLine + postString
-          ) +
-          (lastLine ? '' : '+') +
-          line.match(/[ \t]*$/)[0],
-          state);
       }
-      if (!lastLine) {
-        utils.append('\n', state);
+      
+      // only restore tail whitespace if line had literals
+      if (trimmedLine) {
+        utils.append(line.match(/[ \t]*$/)[0], state);
       }
-    });
-  } else {
-    if (start) {
-      utils.append(start, state);
     }
-    utils.append('""', state);
-  }
-  if (end) {
-    utils.append(end, state);
-  }
-
-  // add comma before trailing whitespace
-  if (!isLast) {
-    utils.append(',', state);
-  }
-
-  // tail whitespace
-  if (hasFinalNewLine) {
-    utils.append('\n', state);
-  }
-  utils.append(object.value.match(/[ \t]*$/)[0], state);
+    
+    if (!isLastLine) {
+      utils.append('\n', state);
+    }
+  });
+  
   utils.move(object.range[1], state);
 }