diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/mythsorthelper.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/mythsorthelper.cpp
index 642c42d8f4..b6f064cccd 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/mythsorthelper.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/mythsorthelper.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ void MythSortHelper::MythSortHelperCommon(void)
 {
     m_prefixes = tr("^(The |A |An )",
                     "Regular Expression for what to ignore when sorting");
-    m_prefixes = m_prefixes.trimmed();
     if (not hasPrefixes()) {
         // This language doesn't ignore any words when sorting
         m_prefix_mode = SortPrefixKeep;