diff --git a/src/plugins/sched/backfill/backfill.c b/src/plugins/sched/backfill/backfill.c
index 245f75f62490bd13929d9dc7767b1d45b6478a73..c1e7cebcb075a8528bb1cf4794b7ea231313e336 100644
--- a/src/plugins/sched/backfill/backfill.c
+++ b/src/plugins/sched/backfill/backfill.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 #include "backfill.h"
 
 #ifndef BACKFILL_INTERVAL
-#  define BACKFILL_INTERVAL	30	
+#  define BACKFILL_INTERVAL	30
 #endif
 #define SLURMCTLD_THREAD_LIMIT	5