diff --git a/Lib/tempfile.py b/Lib/tempfile.py
index 448163f0438..b27165bb0f2 100644
--- a/Lib/tempfile.py
+++ b/Lib/tempfile.py
@@ -749,10 +749,6 @@ class SpooledTemporaryFile:
     def seek(self, *args):
         self._file.seek(*args)
 
-    @property
-    def softspace(self):
-        return self._file.softspace
-
     def tell(self):
         return self._file.tell()
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-21-22-35-57.bpo-39719.2jLy1C.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-21-22-35-57.bpo-39719.2jLy1C.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5269ce188cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-21-22-35-57.bpo-39719.2jLy1C.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove :meth:`tempfile.SpooledTemporaryFile.softspace` as files no longer have the ``softspace`` attribute in Python 3. Patch by Shantanu.