diff --git a/swh/indexer/metadata_dictionary/nuget.py b/swh/indexer/metadata_dictionary/nuget.py
--- a/swh/indexer/metadata_dictionary/nuget.py
+++ b/swh/indexer/metadata_dictionary/nuget.py
@@ -51,11 +51,7 @@
         return []
 
     def translate(self, content: bytes) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
-        d = (
-            xmltodict.parse(content.strip(b" \n "))
-            .get("package", {})
-            .get("metadata", {})
-        )
+        d = xmltodict.parse(content).get("package", {}).get("metadata", {})
         if not isinstance(d, dict):
             self.log.warning("Skipping ill-formed XML content: %s", content)
             return None
diff --git a/swh/indexer/tests/metadata_dictionary/test_nuget.py b/swh/indexer/tests/metadata_dictionary/test_nuget.py
--- a/swh/indexer/tests/metadata_dictionary/test_nuget.py
+++ b/swh/indexer/tests/metadata_dictionary/test_nuget.py
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
 
 
 def test_compute_metadata_nuget():
-    raw_content = b"""
-    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+    raw_content = b"""<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
     <package xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/packaging/2010/07/nuspec.xsd">
         <metadata>
             <id>sample</id>
@@ -105,8 +104,7 @@
 
 
 def test_normalize_license_multiple_licenses_or_delimiter():
-    raw_content = raw_content = b"""
-    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+    raw_content = raw_content = b"""<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
     <package xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/packaging/2010/07/nuspec.xsd">
         <metadata>
             <license type="expression">BitTorrent-1.0 or GPL-3.0-with-GCC-exception</license>
@@ -129,8 +127,7 @@
 
 
 def test_normalize_license_unsupported_delimiter():
-    raw_content = raw_content = b"""
-    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+    raw_content = raw_content = b"""<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
     <package xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/packaging/2010/07/nuspec.xsd">
         <metadata>
             <license type="expression">(MIT)</license>
@@ -149,8 +146,7 @@
 
 
 def test_copyrightNotice_absolute_uri_property():
-    raw_content = raw_content = b"""
-    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+    raw_content = raw_content = b"""<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
     <package xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/packaging/2010/07/nuspec.xsd">
         <metadata>
             <copyright>Copyright 2017-2022</copyright>