diff --git a/lib/handlers/inline-code.js b/lib/handlers/inline-code.js
index 986de52..914016b 100644
--- a/lib/handlers/inline-code.js
+++ b/lib/handlers/inline-code.js
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 module.exports = inlineCode
 
-var collapse = require('collapse-white-space')
 var u = require('unist-builder')
 
 function inlineCode(h, node) {
-  return h(node, 'code', [u('text', collapse(node.value))])
+  var value = node.value.replace(/\r?\n|\r/g, ' ')
+  return h(node, 'code', [u('text', value)])
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f081e1b..f217326 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@types/mdast": "^3.0.0",
     "@types/unist": "^2.0.3",
-    "collapse-white-space": "^1.0.0",
     "detab": "^2.0.0",
     "mdast-util-definitions": "^3.0.0",
     "mdurl": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/test/inline-code.js b/test/inline-code.js
index 34694b5..96aa2c5 100644
--- a/test/inline-code.js
+++ b/test/inline-code.js
@@ -11,5 +11,17 @@ test('InlineCode', function (t) {
     'should transform `inlineCode` to a `code` element'
   )
 
+  t.deepEqual(
+    to(u('inlineCode', 'a\tb')),
+    u('element', {tagName: 'code', properties: {}}, [u('text', 'a\tb')]),
+    'should support tabs in inline code'
+  )
+
+  t.deepEqual(
+    to(u('inlineCode', 'a\nb')),
+    u('element', {tagName: 'code', properties: {}}, [u('text', 'a b')]),
+    'should change eols to spaces in inline code'
+  )
+
   t.end()
 })