diff --git a/cicecore/cicedyn/general/ice_init.F90 b/cicecore/cicedyn/general/ice_init.F90
index 923b2959f..0537ce3fe 100644
--- a/cicecore/cicedyn/general/ice_init.F90
+++ b/cicecore/cicedyn/general/ice_init.F90
@@ -1271,7 +1271,6 @@ subroutine input_data
          endif
          abort_list = trim(abort_list)//":1"
       endif
-   
       if (history_format /= 'cdf1'        .and. &
           history_format /= 'cdf2'        .and. &
           history_format /= 'cdf5'        .and. &