diff --git a/cde/programs/dtinfo/dtinfogen/infolib/etc/NodeData.C b/cde/programs/dtinfo/dtinfogen/infolib/etc/NodeData.C
index 400ba149b..482fe8168 100644
--- a/cde/programs/dtinfo/dtinfogen/infolib/etc/NodeData.C
+++ b/cde/programs/dtinfo/dtinfogen/infolib/etc/NodeData.C
@@ -101,10 +101,6 @@ replace_entity( FlexBuffer *buf , const char *str)
 	buf->writeStr("&");
 	break;
 
-      case '\240':
-	buf->writeStr(" ");
-	break;
-
       case '<':
 	buf->writeStr("&lt;");
 	break;