2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/utils.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/utils.py
index a035ccf179..6ded4dfd13 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/utils.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/utils.py
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ do_functionname() {
         # Test file doesn't get modified with some the same values
         self._testeditfile({'THIS': ('that', None, 0, True),
                         'OTHER': ('anothervalue', None, 0, True),
-                        'MULTILINE3': ('               c1               c2               c3', None, 4, False)}, self._origfile)
+                        'MULTILINE3': ('               c1               c2               c3 ', None, 4, False)}, self._origfile)
 
     def test_edit_metadata_file_1(self):
 
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/utils.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/utils.py
index e9ad68f2d7..8d7df13be7 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/utils.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/utils.py
@@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ def edit_metadata(meta_lines, variables, varfunc, match_overrides=False):
                 if in_var.endswith('()'):
                     if full_value.count('{') - full_value.count('}') >= 0:
                         continue
-                full_value = full_value[:-1]
+                    full_value = full_value[:-1]
                 if handle_var_end():
                     updated = True
                     checkspc = True