diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/coreutils/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/coreutils/package.py
index 1bc3ee1e724..569831dac7a 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/coreutils/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/coreutils/package.py
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ def configure_args(self):
             configure_args.append('--without-gmp')
             configure_args.append('gl_cv_func_ftello_works=yes')
 
-            return configure_args
+        return configure_args