diff --git a/src/net/sourceforge/plantuml/ugraphic/UImageSvg.java b/src/net/sourceforge/plantuml/ugraphic/UImageSvg.java
index 38012d112..206724d18 100644
--- a/src/net/sourceforge/plantuml/ugraphic/UImageSvg.java
+++ b/src/net/sourceforge/plantuml/ugraphic/UImageSvg.java
@@ -52,15 +52,15 @@ public class UImageSvg implements UShape {
this.scale = scale;
}
- private String clean(String svg) {
- svg = svg.toLowerCase().replaceAll("\\s", "");
- if (svg.contains(""))
+ if (svg2.contains(""))
return EMPTY_SVG;
- if (svg.contains(""))
+ if (svg2.contains(""))
return EMPTY_SVG;
return svg;
}