diff --git a/src/pair_buck_coul_cut.cpp b/src/pair_buck_coul_cut.cpp
index 579113c992..bc95dfb6ab 100644
--- a/src/pair_buck_coul_cut.cpp
+++ b/src/pair_buck_coul_cut.cpp
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ double PairBuckCoulCut::single(int i, int j, int itype, int jtype,
 /* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 void *PairBuckCoulCut::extract(const char *str, int &dim)
-{ 
+{
   dim = 2;
   if (strcmp(str,"a") == 0) return (void *) a;
   if (strcmp(str,"c") == 0) return (void *) c;
diff --git a/src/utils.cpp b/src/utils.cpp
index bf88238d4a..d9320f464e 100644
--- a/src/utils.cpp
+++ b/src/utils.cpp
@@ -1655,7 +1655,7 @@ extern "C" {
         (*matchlen)++;
         return 1;
       }
-    }     
+    }
     return 0;
   }