1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/make-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/make-mode.el
index 5cc6321e1ba..ee4b1040566 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/make-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/make-mode.el
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ not be enclosed in { } or ( )."
   ;; (spanning potentially several lines).
   ;; "^ *\\([^ \n\t][^:#= \t\n]*\\)[ \t]*\\(?:!=[ \t]*\\(\\(?:.+\\\\\n\\)*.+\\)\\|[*:+]?[:?]?=[ \t]*\\(\\(?:.*\\\\\n\\)*.*\\)\\)"
   ;; What about the define statement?  What about differentiating this for makepp?
-  "\\(?:^\\|^export\\|^override\\|:\\|: *override\\) *\\([^ \n\t][^:#= \t\n]*\\)[ \t]*\\(?:!=\\|[*:+]?[:?]?=\\)"
+  "\\(?:^\\|^export\\|^override\\|:\\|:[ \t]*override\\)[ \t]*\\([^ \n\t][^:#= \t\n]*\\)[ \t]*\\(?:!=\\|[*:+]?[:?]?=\\)"
   "Regex used to find macro assignment lines in a makefile.")
 
 (defconst makefile-var-use-regex