diff --git a/qlfile b/qlfile
index 8fe6a9d..4f02666 100644
--- a/qlfile
+++ b/qlfile
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ql alexandria
-ql mstrings
+ql cl-str
+
 github rove fukamachi/rove
 github dissect Shinmera/dissect ; workaround
+ql mstrings
diff --git a/qlfile.lock b/qlfile.lock
index a072ede..8cadf24 100644
--- a/qlfile.lock
+++ b/qlfile.lock
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  (:class qlot/source/ql:source-ql
   :initargs (:%version :latest)
   :version "ql-2023-10-21"))
-("mstrings" .
+("cl-str" .
  (:class qlot/source/ql:source-ql
   :initargs (:%version :latest)
   :version "ql-2023-10-21"))
@@ -18,3 +18,7 @@
  (:class qlot/source/github:source-github
   :initargs (:repos "Shinmera/dissect" :ref nil :branch nil :tag nil)
   :version "github-a70cabcd748cf7c041196efd711e2dcca2bbbb2c"))
+("mstrings" .
+ (:class qlot/source/ql:source-ql
+  :initargs (:%version :latest)
+  :version "ql-2023-10-21"))
diff --git a/src/element.lisp b/src/element.lisp
index 1656253..5bc3ea4 100644
--- a/src/element.lisp
+++ b/src/element.lisp
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 (defpackage #:hsx/element
   (:use #:cl)
+  (:import-from #:str
+                #:collapse-whitespaces)
   (:import-from #:hsx/utils
                 #:defgroup
                 #:escape-html-attribute
-                #:escape-html-text-content
-                #:minify)
+                #:escape-html-text-content)
   (:export #:element
            #:tag
            #:html-tag
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@
   (string-downcase (element-type element)))
 
 (defmethod render-props ((element tag))
-  (minify
+  (collapse-whitespaces
    (with-output-to-string (stream)
      (loop
        :for (key value) :on (element-props element) :by #'cddr
diff --git a/src/utils.lisp b/src/utils.lisp
index 7285969..0d8c66d 100644
--- a/src/utils.lisp
+++ b/src/utils.lisp
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
                 #:symbolicate)
   (:export #:escape-html-attribute
            #:escape-html-text-content
-           #:minify
            #:defgroup))
 (in-package #:hsx/utils)
 
@@ -43,23 +42,6 @@
 (defun escape-html-attribute (str)
   (escape-string str *attribute-escape-map*))
 
-(defun minify (str)
-  (with-output-to-string (out)
-    (let ((previous-space-p nil))
-      (loop
-        :for char :across str
-        :do (cond
-              ((whitespace-p char)
-               (unless previous-space-p
-                 (write-char #\Space out))
-               (setf previous-space-p t))
-              (t
-               (write-char char out)
-               (setf previous-space-p nil)))))))
-
-(defun whitespace-p (char)
-  (member char '(#\Space #\Newline #\Tab #\Return) :test #'char=))
-
 (defun make-keyword-hash-table (symbols)
   (let ((ht (make-hash-table)))
     (mapcar (lambda (sym)
diff --git a/tests/element.lisp b/tests/element.lisp
index 36bd31c..211777e 100644
--- a/tests/element.lisp
+++ b/tests/element.lisp
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
                                                                           nil
                                                                           "bar")))
                                     :pretty t))))
+
   (testing "self-closing-tag"
     (ok (string= "<img src=\"/background.png\">"
                  (render-to-string (create-element :img
@@ -137,7 +138,18 @@
                                                            (create-element :li
                                                                            nil
                                                                            (list "brah"))))
-                                     :pretty t))))))
+                                     :pretty t)))))
+
+  (testing "minify-props-text"
+    (let ((elm (create-element :div
+                               '(:x-data "{
+                                    open: false,
+                                    get isOpen() { return this.open },
+                                    toggle() { this.open = ! this.open },
+                                }")
+                               nil)))
+      (ok (string= (render-to-string elm)
+                   "<div x-data=\"{ open: false, get isOpen() { return this.open }, toggle() { this.open = ! this.open }, }\"></div>")))))
 
 (defun comp1 (&key prop children)
   (create-element :div
diff --git a/tests/utils.lisp b/tests/utils.lisp
index 2997521..bd6f722 100644
--- a/tests/utils.lisp
+++ b/tests/utils.lisp
@@ -11,16 +11,7 @@
   
   (testing "escape-html-text-content"
     (ok (string= "&amp;&lt;&gt;&quot;&#x27;&#x2F;&grave;&#x3D;"
-                 (escape-html-text-content "&<>\"'/`="))))
-  
-  (testing "minify"
-    ;; Test with Alpine.js
-    (ok (string= (minify "{
-                     open: false,
-                     get isOpen() { return this.open },
-                     toggle() { this.open = ! this.open },
-                 }")
-                 "{ open: false, get isOpen() { return this.open }, toggle() { this.open = ! this.open }, }"))))
+                 (escape-html-text-content "&<>\"'/`=")))))
 
 (defgroup fruit
   apple banana)