1 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/editors/sed.c b/editors/sed.c
index e766b3c2f..31b9de055 100644
--- a/editors/sed.c
+++ b/editors/sed.c
@@ -393,10 +393,6 @@ static char *parse_cmd_str(struct sed_cmd * const sed_cmd, const char *const cmd
          *            part1 part2  part3
          */
 
-        /* skip initial whitespace */
-        while (isspace(cmdstr[idx]))
-                idx++;
-
         /* first part (if present) is an address: either a number or a /regex/ */
         if (isdigit(cmdstr[idx]) || cmdstr[idx] == '/')
                 idx = get_address(sed_cmd, cmdstr, &sed_cmd->beg_line, &sed_cmd->beg_match);