diff --git a/src/Script/Script.ts b/src/Script/Script.ts
index 108279d7f..6794cd11b 100644
--- a/src/Script/Script.ts
+++ b/src/Script/Script.ts
@@ -6,13 +6,11 @@ import { roundToTwo } from "../utils/helpers/roundToTwo";
 import { RamCostConstants } from "../Netscript/RamCostGenerator";
 import { ScriptFilePath } from "../Paths/ScriptFilePath";
 import { ContentFile } from "../Paths/ContentFile";
-/** Type for ensuring script code is always trimmed */
-export type FormattedCode = string & { __type: "FormattedCode" };
 
 /** A script file as a file on a server.
  * For the execution of a script, see RunningScript and WorkerScript */
 export class Script implements ContentFile {
-  code: FormattedCode;
+  code: string;
   filename: ScriptFilePath;
   server: string;
 
@@ -34,8 +32,7 @@ export class Script implements ContentFile {
   get content() {
     return this.code;
   }
-  set content(code: string) {
-    const newCode = Script.formatCode(code);
+  set content(newCode: string) {
     if (this.code === newCode) return;
     this.code = newCode;
     this.invalidateModule();
@@ -43,7 +40,7 @@ export class Script implements ContentFile {
 
   constructor(fn = "default.js" as ScriptFilePath, code = "", server = "") {
     this.filename = fn;
-    this.code = Script.formatCode(code);
+    this.code = code;
     this.server = server; // hostname of server this script is on
   }
 
@@ -138,8 +135,8 @@ export class Script implements ContentFile {
    * @param {string} code - The code to format
    * @returns The formatted code
    */
-  static formatCode(code: string): FormattedCode {
-    return code.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, "") as FormattedCode;
+  static formatCode(code: string): string {
+    return code.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, "");
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Server/BaseServer.ts b/src/Server/BaseServer.ts
index c1b1ef6cd..b31b6da7c 100644
--- a/src/Server/BaseServer.ts
+++ b/src/Server/BaseServer.ts
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ export abstract class BaseServer implements IServer {
     // Check if the script already exists, and overwrite it if it does
     const script = this.scripts.get(filename);
     if (script) {
-      // content setter handles module invalidation and code formatting
+      // content setter handles module invalidation
       script.content = code;
       return { overwritten: true };
     }
diff --git a/src/utils/v1APIBreak.ts b/src/utils/v1APIBreak.ts
index 4f041021d..b43fb8d42 100644
--- a/src/utils/v1APIBreak.ts
+++ b/src/utils/v1APIBreak.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { AugmentationNames } from "../Augmentation/data/AugmentationNames";
 import { PlayerOwnedAugmentation } from "../Augmentation/PlayerOwnedAugmentation";
 import { Player } from "@player";
-import { FormattedCode, Script } from "../Script/Script";
+import { Script } from "../Script/Script";
 import { GetAllServers } from "../Server/AllServers";
 import { resolveTextFilePath } from "../Paths/TextFilePath";
 import { resolveScriptFilePath } from "../Paths/ScriptFilePath";
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ function hasChanges(code: string): boolean {
   return false;
 }
 
-function convert(code: string): FormattedCode {
+function convert(code: string): string {
   const lines = code.split("\n");
   const out: string[] = [];
   for (let i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {