diff --git a/main/src/com/google/refine/expr/functions/strings/Trim.java b/main/src/com/google/refine/expr/functions/strings/Trim.java
index 6d75a74ca..89cf1ac08 100644
--- a/main/src/com/google/refine/expr/functions/strings/Trim.java
+++ b/main/src/com/google/refine/expr/functions/strings/Trim.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class Trim implements Function {
         if (args.length == 1) {
             Object s1 = args[0];
             if (s1 != null && s1 instanceof String) {
-                return CharMatcher.WHITESPACE.trimFrom((String) s1);
+                return CharMatcher.whitespace().trimFrom((String) s1);
             }
         }
         return new EvalError("Invalid parameters");