diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/formatter/Scribe.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/formatter/Scribe.java
index f8b38a00f31..e70cc0c9191 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/formatter/Scribe.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/formatter/Scribe.java
@@ -771,11 +771,6 @@ public class Scribe {
 			printComment();
 			currentPosition= scanner.getCurrentPosition();
 		}
-		if (pendingSpace) {
-			addInsertEdit(currentPosition, SPACE);
-			pendingSpace= false;
-			needSpace= false;
-		}
 		if (startOffset + length < currentPosition) {
 			return;  // Don't move backwards
 		}
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/resources/formatter/sample/After.cpp b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/resources/formatter/sample/After.cpp
index 89ede2db0a6..674808249f7 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/resources/formatter/sample/After.cpp
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/resources/formatter/sample/After.cpp
@@ -24,13 +24,15 @@ const SimpleStruct simpleStruct = { 1, "mySimple", 0.1232 };
         \
                 }
 
-const SimpleStruct array[] = { { SIZEOF( simpleStruct, num ),
+const SimpleStruct array[] = { {
+SIZEOF( simpleStruct, num ),
 #if FOO
 		"foo"
 #  else
 		"bar"
 #endif
-		, 0.5 }, { SIZEOF( simpleStruct, floatNum ), "name", 1.1 } };
+		, 0.5 }, {
+SIZEOF( simpleStruct, floatNum ), "name", 1.1 } };
 
 //          single line outside scope