diff --git a/misc/languages/data/getunicodefiles.bat b/misc/languages/data/getunicodefiles.bat
index 18fb2dc6f7..96a3b5619a 100644
--- a/misc/languages/data/getunicodefiles.bat
+++ b/misc/languages/data/getunicodefiles.bat
@@ -12,3 +12,6 @@ bitsadmin /transfer wxDownloadJob /download /priority normal https://www.unicode
 
 rem Download ISO 3166 (list of territories)
 bitsadmin /transfer wxDownloadJob /download /priority normal https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/raw/main/tools/cldr-code/src/main/resources/org/unicode/cldr/util/data/territory_codes.txt %workdir%\unicode\territory_codes.txt
+
+luashell removewhitespace.lua unicode/iso15924.txt
+luashell removewhitespace.lua unicode/territory_codes.txt
diff --git a/misc/languages/data/removewhitespace.lua b/misc/languages/data/removewhitespace.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..913da50822
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/languages/data/removewhitespace.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+-- Assign script arguments and check validity
+fileName = arg[1]
+assert(fileName ~= nil, "Filename parameter missing!")
+
+fileNameTemp = fileName .. ".tmp"
+
+function trim(s)
+   return s:match'^%s*(.*%S)' or ''
+end
+
+-- Remove whitespace from file
+lastline = nil
+prevlen = 0
+fo2 = io.open(fileNameTemp,'wb')
+for line in io.lines(fileName) do
+  newline = trim(line)
+  if lastline ~= nil then
+    lastlen = string.len(lastline)
+    if lastlen ~= 0 then
+      fo2:write(lastline .. "\n")
+    elseif prevlen ~=0 and lastlen == 0 then
+      fo2:write("\n")
+    end
+    prevlen = lastlen
+  end
+  lastline = newline
+end
+if string.len(lastline) > 0 then
+  fo2:write(lastline .. "\n")
+end
+fo2:close()
+
+-- Remove original and replace it by the file with whitespace removed
+os.remove(fileName)
+os.rename(fileNameTemp, fileName)
diff --git a/misc/languages/data/unicode/iso15924.txt b/misc/languages/data/unicode/iso15924.txt
index 7d33b468f9..5aac15f576 100644
--- a/misc/languages/data/unicode/iso15924.txt
+++ b/misc/languages/data/unicode/iso15924.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # ISO 15924 - Codes for the representation of names of scripts
 #             Codes pour la représentation des noms d’écritures
-# Format: 
+# Format:
 #             Code;N°;English Name;Nom français;PVA;Unicode Version;Date
 #
 
diff --git a/misc/languages/data/unicode/territory_codes.txt b/misc/languages/data/unicode/territory_codes.txt
index a713251d31..adfc835a5f 100644
--- a/misc/languages/data/unicode/territory_codes.txt
+++ b/misc/languages/data/unicode/territory_codes.txt
@@ -328,4 +328,3 @@ IC  -   -  - - # Canary Islands
 UN  -   UNO  - - # United Nations
 
 #end
-