diff --git a/data/templates/styles.html b/data/templates/styles.html
index 800f63c7a..8238e8cbf 100644
--- a/data/templates/styles.html
+++ b/data/templates/styles.html
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ div.abstract-title {
 }
 $endif$
 code {
+  white-space: pre-wrap;
   font-family: $if(monofont)$$monofont$$else$Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Lucida Console', monospace$endif$;
 $if(monobackgroundcolor)$
   background-color: $monobackgroundcolor$;
@@ -183,7 +184,6 @@ header {
   text-decoration: none;
 }
 $endif$
-code{white-space: pre-wrap;}
 span.smallcaps{font-variant: small-caps;}
 div.columns{display: flex; gap: min(4vw, 1.5em);}
 div.column{flex: auto; overflow-x: auto;}
diff --git a/test/s5-basic.html b/test/s5-basic.html
index 4a0f297a8..2000dd305 100644
--- a/test/s5-basic.html
+++ b/test/s5-basic.html
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
     /* Default styles provided by pandoc.
     ** See https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#variables-for-html for config info.
     */
-    code{white-space: pre-wrap;}
     span.smallcaps{font-variant: small-caps;}
     div.columns{display: flex; gap: min(4vw, 1.5em);}
     div.column{flex: auto; overflow-x: auto;}
diff --git a/test/s5-fancy.html b/test/s5-fancy.html
index 89d3139d6..62f98db3d 100644
--- a/test/s5-fancy.html
+++ b/test/s5-fancy.html
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
     /* Default styles provided by pandoc.
     ** See https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#variables-for-html for config info.
     */
-    code{white-space: pre-wrap;}
     span.smallcaps{font-variant: small-caps;}
     div.columns{display: flex; gap: min(4vw, 1.5em);}
     div.column{flex: auto; overflow-x: auto;}
diff --git a/test/s5-inserts.html b/test/s5-inserts.html
index 3c851f1e8..9199b064a 100644
--- a/test/s5-inserts.html
+++ b/test/s5-inserts.html
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
     /* Default styles provided by pandoc.
     ** See https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#variables-for-html for config info.
     */
-    code{white-space: pre-wrap;}
     span.smallcaps{font-variant: small-caps;}
     div.columns{display: flex; gap: min(4vw, 1.5em);}
     div.column{flex: auto; overflow-x: auto;}
diff --git a/test/writer.html4 b/test/writer.html4
index 5e54fd980..edb174d1f 100644
--- a/test/writer.html4
+++ b/test/writer.html4
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
       color: #606060;
     }
     code {
+      white-space: pre-wrap;
       font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Lucida Console', monospace;
       font-size: 85%;
       margin: 0;
@@ -157,7 +158,6 @@
     #TOC a:not(:hover) {
       text-decoration: none;
     }
-    code{white-space: pre-wrap;}
     span.smallcaps{font-variant: small-caps;}
     div.columns{display: flex; gap: min(4vw, 1.5em);}
     div.column{flex: auto; overflow-x: auto;}
diff --git a/test/writer.html5 b/test/writer.html5
index a9da62179..e045156bc 100644
--- a/test/writer.html5
+++ b/test/writer.html5
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
       color: #606060;
     }
     code {
+      white-space: pre-wrap;
       font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Lucida Console', monospace;
       font-size: 85%;
       margin: 0;
@@ -157,7 +158,6 @@
     #TOC a:not(:hover) {
       text-decoration: none;
     }
-    code{white-space: pre-wrap;}
     span.smallcaps{font-variant: small-caps;}
     div.columns{display: flex; gap: min(4vw, 1.5em);}
     div.column{flex: auto; overflow-x: auto;}