diff --git a/lib/url.js b/lib/url.js
index 18925973bd45e9..fa7a6157435656 100644
--- a/lib/url.js
+++ b/lib/url.js
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ const {
   CHAR_TAB,
   CHAR_CARRIAGE_RETURN,
   CHAR_LINE_FEED,
-  CHAR_FORM_FEED,
   CHAR_NO_BREAK_SPACE,
   CHAR_ZERO_WIDTH_NOBREAK_SPACE,
   CHAR_HASH,
@@ -181,11 +180,7 @@ Url.prototype.parse = function parse(url, parseQueryString, slashesDenoteHost) {
     const code = url.charCodeAt(i);
 
     // Find first and last non-whitespace characters for trimming
-    const isWs = code === CHAR_SPACE ||
-                 code === CHAR_TAB ||
-                 code === CHAR_CARRIAGE_RETURN ||
-                 code === CHAR_LINE_FEED ||
-                 code === CHAR_FORM_FEED ||
+    const isWs = code < 33 ||
                  code === CHAR_NO_BREAK_SPACE ||
                  code === CHAR_ZERO_WIDTH_NOBREAK_SPACE;
     if (start === -1) {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-url-parse-format.js b/test/parallel/test-url-parse-format.js
index e1cf80a2778abd..99a6ace23a2fb3 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-url-parse-format.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-url-parse-format.js
@@ -977,6 +977,21 @@ const parseTests = {
     path: '/everybody',
     href: '//fhqwhgads@example.com/everybody#to-the-limit'
   },
+
+  '\bhttp://example.com/\b': {
+    protocol: 'http:',
+    slashes: true,
+    auth: null,
+    host: 'example.com',
+    port: null,
+    hostname: 'example.com',
+    hash: null,
+    search: null,
+    query: null,
+    pathname: '/',
+    path: '/',
+    href: 'http://example.com/'
+  }
 };
 
 for (const u in parseTests) {