diff --git a/configure.ac.in b/configure.ac.in
index 71adb376..445d8783 100644
--- a/configure.ac.in
+++ b/configure.ac.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dnl major, minor and micro version macros.
 m4_define([conky_version_major], [1])
 m4_define([conky_version_minor], [6])
 m4_define([conky_version_micro], [2])
-m4_define([conky_version_tag] , [pre]) dnl [] for releases
+m4_define([conky_version_tag], [pre]) dnl [] for releases
 m4_define([conky_version_revision],[_pre@REVISION@])
 m4_define([conky_version],
     [conky_version_major().conky_version_minor().conky_version_micro()ifelse(