diff --git a/rewrite-hcl/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/hcl/tree/Space.java b/rewrite-hcl/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/hcl/tree/Space.java
index 2ff0f3ce46d..bfc823cbcc6 100644
--- a/rewrite-hcl/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/hcl/tree/Space.java
+++ b/rewrite-hcl/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/hcl/tree/Space.java
@@ -61,8 +61,10 @@ public static Space build(@Nullable String whitespace, List<Comment> comments) {
         if (comments.isEmpty()) {
             if (whitespace == null || whitespace.isEmpty()) {
                 return Space.EMPTY;
+            } else if (whitespace.length() <= 100) {
+                //noinspection StringOperationCanBeSimplified
+                return flyweights.computeIfAbsent(new String(whitespace), k -> new Space(whitespace, comments));
             }
-            return flyweights.computeIfAbsent(whitespace, k -> new Space(whitespace, comments));
         }
         return new Space(whitespace, comments);
     }
diff --git a/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/tree/Space.java b/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/tree/Space.java
index 7f48548710c..8c39aab2d09 100644
--- a/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/tree/Space.java
+++ b/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/tree/Space.java
@@ -61,8 +61,10 @@ public static Space build(@Nullable String whitespace, List<Comment> comments) {
         if (comments.isEmpty()) {
             if (whitespace == null || whitespace.isEmpty()) {
                 return Space.EMPTY;
+            } else if (whitespace.length() <= 100) {
+                //noinspection StringOperationCanBeSimplified
+                return flyweights.computeIfAbsent(new String(whitespace), k -> new Space(whitespace, comments));
             }
-            return flyweights.computeIfAbsent(whitespace, k -> new Space(whitespace, comments));
         }
         return new Space(whitespace, comments);
     }
diff --git a/rewrite-json/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/json/tree/Space.java b/rewrite-json/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/json/tree/Space.java
index add9e5dcdb3..bb1a1347aaa 100644
--- a/rewrite-json/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/json/tree/Space.java
+++ b/rewrite-json/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/json/tree/Space.java
@@ -60,8 +60,10 @@ public static Space build(@Nullable String whitespace, List<Comment> comments) {
         if (comments.isEmpty()) {
             if (whitespace == null || whitespace.isEmpty()) {
                 return Space.EMPTY;
+            } else if (whitespace.length() <= 100) {
+                //noinspection StringOperationCanBeSimplified
+                return flyweights.computeIfAbsent(new String(whitespace), k -> new Space(whitespace, comments));
             }
-            return flyweights.computeIfAbsent(whitespace, k -> new Space(whitespace, comments));
         }
         return new Space(whitespace, comments);
     }
diff --git a/rewrite-protobuf/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/protobuf/tree/Space.java b/rewrite-protobuf/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/protobuf/tree/Space.java
index 4b1d5445e09..138722b5e09 100644
--- a/rewrite-protobuf/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/protobuf/tree/Space.java
+++ b/rewrite-protobuf/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/protobuf/tree/Space.java
@@ -60,8 +60,10 @@ public static Space build(@Nullable String whitespace, List<Comment> comments) {
         if (comments.isEmpty()) {
             if (whitespace == null || whitespace.isEmpty()) {
                 return Space.EMPTY;
+            } else if (whitespace.length() <= 100) {
+                //noinspection StringOperationCanBeSimplified
+                return flyweights.computeIfAbsent(new String(whitespace), k -> new Space(whitespace, comments));
             }
-            return flyweights.computeIfAbsent(whitespace, k -> new Space(whitespace, comments));
         }
         return new Space(whitespace, comments);
     }
diff --git a/tools/language-parser-builder/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/toml/tree/Space.java b/tools/language-parser-builder/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/toml/tree/Space.java
index f5826e40b8e..ea577d76ba9 100644
--- a/tools/language-parser-builder/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/toml/tree/Space.java
+++ b/tools/language-parser-builder/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/toml/tree/Space.java
@@ -48,8 +48,13 @@ private Space(@Nullable String whitespace) {
 
     @JsonCreator
     public static Space build(@Nullable String whitespace) {
-        if (whitespace == null || whitespace.isEmpty()) {
-            return Space.EMPTY;
+        if (comments.isEmpty()) {
+            if (whitespace == null || whitespace.isEmpty()) {
+                return Space.EMPTY;
+            } else if (whitespace.length() <= 100) {
+                //noinspection StringOperationCanBeSimplified
+                return flyweights.computeIfAbsent(new String(whitespace), k -> new Space(whitespace, comments));
+            }
         }
         return flyweights.computeIfAbsent(whitespace, k -> new Space(whitespace));
     }