diff --git a/django/contrib/sitemaps/templates/sitemap.xml b/django/contrib/sitemaps/templates/sitemap.xml
index 3ee4f914f7..ad24c045d4 100644
--- a/django/contrib/sitemaps/templates/sitemap.xml
+++ b/django/contrib/sitemaps/templates/sitemap.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <urlset xmlns="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap/0.84">
+{% spaceless %}
 {% for url in urlset %}
   <url>
     <loc>{{ url.location|escape }}</loc>
@@ -8,4 +9,5 @@
     {% if url.priority %}<priority>{{ url.priority }}</priority>{% endif %}
    </url>
 {% endfor %}
+{% endspaceless %}
 </urlset>
diff --git a/django/contrib/sitemaps/templates/sitemap_index.xml b/django/contrib/sitemaps/templates/sitemap_index.xml
index e9d722ac7f..c89b192ecc 100644
--- a/django/contrib/sitemaps/templates/sitemap_index.xml
+++ b/django/contrib/sitemaps/templates/sitemap_index.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <sitemapindex xmlns="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap/0.84">
-{% for location in sitemaps %}
-	<sitemap>
-		<loc>{{ location|escape }}</loc>
-	</sitemap>
-{% endfor %}
+{% for location in sitemaps %}<sitemap><loc>{{ location|escape }}</loc></sitemap>{% endfor %}
 </sitemapindex>