diff --git a/tools/lammps-gui/imageviewer.cpp b/tools/lammps-gui/imageviewer.cpp
index 104f0d9063..388f4251ae 100644
--- a/tools/lammps-gui/imageviewer.cpp
+++ b/tools/lammps-gui/imageviewer.cpp
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ void ImageViewer::do_rot_up()
 
 void ImageViewer::cmd_to_clipboard()
 {
-    auto words    = last_dump_cmd.split(" ", Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
+    auto words    = last_dump_cmd.split(" ");
     QString blank = QStringLiteral(" ");
     int modidx    = words.indexOf("modify");
     int maxidx    = words.size();