diff --git a/test/browser/aac_basic_richtext_test.rb b/test/browser/aac_basic_richtext_test.rb
index 88cc11a87..506832b02 100644
--- a/test/browser/aac_basic_richtext_test.rb
+++ b/test/browser/aac_basic_richtext_test.rb
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ class AACBasicRichtextTest < TestCase
     sleep 1
 
     match(
-      :css   => '#content .text-3',
-      :value => "some test for browser\nand some other for browser",
+      :css     => '#content .text-3',
+      :value   => "some test for browser\nand some other for browser",
+      :cleanup => true,
     )
 
     # richtext multi line
@@ -59,8 +60,9 @@ class AACBasicRichtextTest < TestCase
     sleep 1
 
     match(
-      :css   => '#content .text-5',
-      :value => "some test for browser\nand some other for browser2",
+      :css     => '#content .text-5',
+      :value   => "some test for browser\nand some other for browser2",
+      :cleanup => true,
     )
   end
 end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/browser_test_helper.rb b/test/browser_test_helper.rb
index d0dce12ce..276f7e15c 100644
--- a/test/browser_test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/browser_test_helper.rb
@@ -467,8 +467,10 @@ class TestCase < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
 
     # do cleanups (needed for richtext tests)
-    text.gsub!(/\s+$/m, '')
-    params[:value].gsub!(/\s+$/m, '')
+    if params[:cleanup]
+      text.gsub!(/\s+$/m, '')
+      params[:value].gsub!(/\s+$/m, '')
+    end
 
     match = false
     if params[:no_quote]