diff --git a/csl/chicago-fullnote-bibliography.csl b/csl/chicago-fullnote-bibliography.csl
index 3ec245d264..aaae6316af 100644
--- a/csl/chicago-fullnote-bibliography.csl
+++ b/csl/chicago-fullnote-bibliography.csl
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
       <choose>
         <if variable="author">
       <names variable="editor" delimiter=", ">
-        <label form="verb-short" prefix=" " text-case="lowercase" suffix=". "/>
+        <label form="verb-short" text-case="lowercase" suffix=". "/>
         <name and="text" delimiter=", "/>
       </names>
         </if>
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
       <choose>
         <if variable="author editor" match="any">
       <names variable="translator" delimiter=", ">
-        <label form="verb-short" prefix=" " text-case="lowercase" suffix=". "/>
+        <label form="verb-short" text-case="lowercase" suffix=". "/>
         <name and="text" delimiter=", "/>
       </names>
         </if>
diff --git a/csl/chicago-note.csl b/csl/chicago-note.csl
index 47b7de133b..7cd1689fb9 100644
--- a/csl/chicago-note.csl
+++ b/csl/chicago-note.csl
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@
   <macro name="editor-translator">
     <group delimiter=", ">
       <names variable="editor" delimiter=", ">
-        <label form="verb-short" prefix=" " text-case="lowercase" suffix=". "/>
+        <label form="verb-short" text-case="lowercase" suffix=". "/>
         <name and="text" delimiter=", "/>
       </names>
       <choose>
         <if variable="author editor" match="any">
       <names variable="translator" delimiter=", ">
-        <label form="verb-short" prefix=" " text-case="lowercase" suffix=". "/>
+        <label form="verb-short" text-case="lowercase" suffix=". "/>
         <name and="text" delimiter=", "/>
       </names>
         </if>