From e58f79c535affa9719f1a9f2b9762e338384a22e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Smith <39445562+smithdc1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2021 16:49:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Improved performance of DecimalField.

strip() is unnecessary because decimal.Decimal() strips the input value.
---
 django/forms/fields.py | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/django/forms/fields.py b/django/forms/fields.py
index 17c7956b53..daa65d61eb 100644
--- a/django/forms/fields.py
+++ b/django/forms/fields.py
@@ -343,9 +343,8 @@ class DecimalField(IntegerField):
             return None
         if self.localize:
             value = formats.sanitize_separators(value)
-        value = str(value).strip()
         try:
-            value = Decimal(value)
+            value = Decimal(str(value))
         except DecimalException:
             raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['invalid'], code='invalid')
         return value