diff --git a/extensions/openai/completions.py b/extensions/openai/completions.py
index 3346148e..f01282f2 100644
--- a/extensions/openai/completions.py
+++ b/extensions/openai/completions.py
@@ -287,13 +287,7 @@ def chat_completions_common(body: dict, is_legacy: bool = False, stream=False) -
                 continue
 
             seen_content = answer
-
-            # strip extra leading space off new generated content
-            if len_seen == 0 and new_content[0] == ' ':
-                new_content = new_content[1:]
-
             chunk = chat_streaming_chunk(new_content)
-
             yield chunk
 
     completion_token_count = len(encode(answer)[0])
@@ -390,10 +384,6 @@ def completions_common(body: dict, is_legacy: bool = False, stream=False):
             for a in generator:
                 answer = a
 
-            # strip extra leading space off new generated content
-            if answer and answer[0] == ' ':
-                answer = answer[1:]
-
             completion_token_count = len(encode(answer)[0])
             total_completion_token_count += completion_token_count
             stop_reason = "stop"
@@ -474,19 +464,9 @@ def completions_common(body: dict, is_legacy: bool = False, stream=False):
                 continue
 
             seen_content = answer
-
-            # strip extra leading space off new generated content
-            if len_seen == 0 and new_content[0] == ' ':
-                new_content = new_content[1:]
-
             chunk = text_streaming_chunk(new_content)
-
             yield chunk
 
-        # to get the correct count, we strip the leading space if present
-        if answer and answer[0] == ' ':
-            answer = answer[1:]
-
         completion_token_count = len(encode(answer)[0])
         stop_reason = "stop"
         if token_count + completion_token_count >= generate_params['truncation_length'] or completion_token_count >= max_tokens: