diff --git a/ghc-deps.sh b/ghc-deps.sh
index 5476772..57390e0 100755
--- a/ghc-deps.sh
+++ b/ghc-deps.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ for i in $files; do
     case $i in
         # exclude rts.conf
         $BUILDROOT$PKGCONFDIR/*-*.conf)
-            name=$(grep "^name: " "$i" | sed -e "s/name: //")
+            name=$(grep "^name: " "$i" | sed -e "s/name: *//")
             ids=$($GHC_PKG field "$name" "$field" | sed -e "s/\(^\| \)rts\( \|$\)/ /")
             for d in $ids; do
                 case $d in