diff --git a/lib/transport/index.js b/lib/transport/index.js
index a8756a0..e9d99e7 100644
--- a/lib/transport/index.js
+++ b/lib/transport/index.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ var format = require('util').format
   , errors = require('../errors')
   , commands = require('./commands')
   , queue = require('../utils/queue')
-  , utils = require('../utils');
+  , escapeSingleQuotes = require('../utils').escapeSingleQuotes;
 
 /**
  * A transport is the interface you use during flights. Basically they
@@ -190,8 +190,7 @@ Transport.prototype.sudo = function(command, options) {
   var user = options.user || 'root';
 
   command = format('%s%s', this._execWith, command);
-  command = utils.escapeSingleQuotes(command);
-  command = utils.escapeSpaces(command);
+  command = escapeSingleQuotes(command);
   command = format("sudo -u %s -i bash -c '%s'", user, command);
 
   return this._exec(command, options);
diff --git a/lib/utils/index.js b/lib/utils/index.js
index 75d74b9..0a8e6ca 100644
--- a/lib/utils/index.js
+++ b/lib/utils/index.js
@@ -24,11 +24,3 @@ exports.escapeSingleQuotes = function(str) {
 
   return str.replace(/'/g, "'\\''");
 };
-
-exports.escapeSpaces = function(str) {
-  if(!str) {
-    return str;
-  }
-
-  return str.replace(/ /g, '\\ ');
-};
diff --git a/test/test.transport.js b/test/test.transport.js
index 0f9722a..0ada5ff 100644
--- a/test/test.transport.js
+++ b/test/test.transport.js
@@ -112,10 +112,6 @@ describe('transport', function() {
       transport.sudo("'cmd'");
 
       expect(transport._exec.lastCall.args[0]).to.equal("sudo -u root -i bash -c ''\\''cmd'\\'''");
-
-      transport.sudo(' a  b c ');
-
-      expect(transport._exec.lastCall.args[0]).to.contain('\\ a\\ \\ b\\ c\\ ');
     });
 
     it('should pass options to #_exec()', function() {
diff --git a/test/test.utils.js b/test/test.utils.js
index c61709f..93b179d 100644
--- a/test/test.utils.js
+++ b/test/test.utils.js
@@ -45,19 +45,6 @@ describe('utils', function() {
       expect(escapeSingleQuotes('"string"')).to.equal('"string"');
       expect(escapeSingleQuotes("\\'string\\'")).to.equal("\\'\\''string\\'\\''");
       expect(escapeSingleQuotes('')).to.equal('');
-      expect(escapeSingleQuotes()).to.be.undefined;
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('#escapeSpaces()', function() {
-    it('should correctly escape single quotes', function() {
-      var escapeSpaces = proxyquire('../lib/utils', {}).escapeSpaces;
-
-      expect(escapeSpaces('str str')).to.equal('str\\ str');
-      expect(escapeSpaces(' str  ')).to.equal('\\ str\\ \\ ');
-      expect(escapeSpaces('str  str')).to.equal('str\\ \\ str');
-      expect(escapeSpaces('')).to.equal('');
-      expect(escapeSpaces()).to.be.undefined;
     });
   });