diff --git a/panels/info/cc-info-panel.c b/panels/info/cc-info-panel.c
index c051d1113..51f8c49da 100644
--- a/panels/info/cc-info-panel.c
+++ b/panels/info/cc-info-panel.c
@@ -262,6 +262,40 @@ get_primary_disc_info (void)
   return g_format_size_for_display (total_bytes);
 }
 
+static char *
+remove_duplicate_whitespace (const char *old)
+{
+  char   *new;
+  GRegex *re;
+  GError *error;
+
+  error = NULL;
+  re = g_regex_new ("[ \t\n\r]+", G_REGEX_MULTILINE, 0, &error);
+  if (re == NULL)
+    {
+      g_warning ("Error building regex: %s", error->message);
+      g_error_free (error);
+      return g_strdup (old);
+    }
+  new = g_regex_replace (re,
+                         old,
+                         -1,
+                         0,
+                         " ",
+                         0,
+                         &error);
+  g_regex_unref (re);
+  if (new == NULL)
+    {
+      g_warning ("Error replacing string: %s", error->message);
+      g_error_free (error);
+      return g_strdup (old);
+    }
+
+  return new;
+}
+
+
 static char *
 get_cpu_info (const glibtop_sysinfo *info)
 {
@@ -303,11 +337,16 @@ get_cpu_info (const glibtop_sysinfo *info)
   g_hash_table_iter_init (&iter, counts);
   while (g_hash_table_iter_next (&iter, &key, &value))
     {
-      int count = GPOINTER_TO_INT (value);
+      char *stripped;
+      int   count;
+
+      count = GPOINTER_TO_INT (value);
+      stripped = remove_duplicate_whitespace ((const char *)key);
       if (count > 1)
-        g_string_append_printf (cpu, "%s \303\227 %d ", (char *)key, count);
+        g_string_append_printf (cpu, "%s \303\227 %d ", stripped, count);
       else
-        g_string_append_printf (cpu, "%s ", (char *)key);
+        g_string_append_printf (cpu, "%s ", stripped);
+      g_free (stripped);
     }
 
   g_hash_table_destroy (counts);