diff --git a/lib/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb b/lib/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb
index f00555a1e2..6abd6bd9db 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ class Gem::RemoteFetcher
 
   def request(uri, request_class, last_modified = nil)
     request = Gem::Request.new uri, request_class, last_modified, @proxy
-    
+
     request.fetch do |req|
       yield req if block_given?
     end