def fix_e201(self, result):
        """Remove extraneous whitespace."""
        line_index = result['line'] - 1
        target = self.source[line_index]
        offset = result['column'] - 1

        # Avoid pep8 bug (https://github.com/jcrocholl/pep8/issues/268).
        if offset < 0:
            return []

        if is_probably_part_of_multiline(target):
            return []

        fixed = fix_whitespace(target,
                               offset=offset,
                               replacement='')

        self.source[line_index] = fixed
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