diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX/Inline.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX/Inline.hs
index 7b8bca4af..8e6beca68 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX/Inline.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX/Inline.hs
@@ -163,12 +163,12 @@ accentWith :: PandocMonad m
 accentWith tok combiningAccent fallBack = try $ do
   ils <- tok
   case toList ils of
+       [Str " "] -> return $ str $ T.singleton
+                         $ fromMaybe combiningAccent fallBack
        (Str (T.uncons -> Just (x, xs)) : ys) -> return $ fromList $
          -- try to normalize to the combined character:
          Str (Normalize.normalize Normalize.NFC
                (T.pack [x, combiningAccent]) <> xs) : ys
-       [Space] -> return $ str $ T.singleton
-                         $ fromMaybe combiningAccent fallBack
        []      -> return $ str $ T.singleton
                          $ fromMaybe combiningAccent fallBack
        _       -> return ils
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX/Math.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX/Math.hs
index 5b49a0376..2143e0f19 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX/Math.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX/Math.hs
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ addTitle :: Inlines -> Blocks -> Blocks
 addTitle ils bs =
   case B.toList bs of
     (Para xs : rest)
-      -> B.fromList (Para (B.toList ils ++ (Space : xs)) : rest)
+      -> B.fromList (Para (B.toList ils ++ (Str " " : xs)) : rest)
     _ -> B.para ils <> bs
 
 addQed :: Blocks -> Blocks
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Man.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Man.hs
index 1141af66f..780ef60fe 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Man.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Man.hs
@@ -393,7 +393,6 @@ parseCodeBlock = try $ do
 
   getText :: Inline -> T.Text
   getText (Str s)    = s
-  getText Space      = " "
   getText (Code _ s) = s
   getText SoftBreak  = "\n"
   getText LineBreak  = "\n"
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/TikiWiki.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/TikiWiki.hs
index 5c414fdec..d94e083b3 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/TikiWiki.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/TikiWiki.hs
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ module Text.Pandoc.Readers.TikiWiki ( readTikiWiki
 
 import Control.Monad
 import Control.Monad.Except (throwError)
-import qualified Data.Foldable as F
 import Data.List (dropWhileEnd)
 import Data.Maybe (fromMaybe)
 import Data.Text (Text)
@@ -176,9 +175,9 @@ para =  fmap (result . mconcat) ( many1Till inline endOfParaElement)
    endOfInput       = try $ skipMany blankline >> skipSpaces >> eof
    endOfPara        = try $ blankline >> skipMany1 blankline
    newBlockElement  = try $ blankline >> skip blockElements
-   result content   = if F.all (==Space) content
-                      then mempty
-                      else B.para $ B.trimInlines content
+   result content   = case B.trimInlines content of
+                        ils | null ils -> mempty
+                            | otherwise -> B.para ils
 
 -- ;item 1: definition 1
 -- ;item 2: definition 2-1
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Shared.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Shared.hs
index 0b7c6bee0..6db06408f 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Shared.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Shared.hs
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ isDisplayMath (Math DisplayMath _)          = True
 isDisplayMath (Span _ [Math DisplayMath _]) = True
 isDisplayMath _                             = False
 
--- | Remove leading and trailing 'Space' and 'SoftBreak' elements.
+-- | Remove leading and trailing spaces and 'SoftBreak' elements.
 stripLeadingTrailingSpace :: [Inline] -> [Inline]
 stripLeadingTrailingSpace = go . reverse . go . reverse
   where go (Space:xs)     = xs
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ sectionToListItem opts (Div (ident,_,_)
    addNumber  = if T.null num
                    then id
                    else (Span ("",["toc-section-number"],[])
-                           [Str num] :) . (Space :)
+                           [Str num] :) . (Str " " :)
    headerText' = addNumber $ walk (deLink . deNote) ils
    headerLink = if T.null ident
                    then headerText'