diff --git a/osmo-release.sh b/osmo-release.sh
index 4d4d080..4446da7 100755
--- a/osmo-release.sh
+++ b/osmo-release.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 	fi
 	if [ "z$ALLOW_NO_LIBVERSION_DEB_MATCH" = "z0" ]; then
 		echo "$LIBVERS" | while read -r line; do
-			libversion=$(echo "$line" | cut -d "=" -f 2)
+			libversion=$(echo "$line" | cut -d "=" -f 2 | tr -d "[:space:]")
 			major="$(libversion_to_deb_major "$libversion")"
 			file_matches="$(find "${GIT_TOPDIR}/debian" -name "lib*${major}.install" | wc -l)"
 			if [ "z$file_matches" = "z0" ]; then
diff --git a/src/coding/Makefile.am b/src/coding/Makefile.am
index c001c13..f47fe45 100644
--- a/src/coding/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/coding/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # This is _NOT_ the library release version, it's an API version.
 # Please read Chapter 6 "Library interface versions" of the libtool
 # documentation before making any modification
-LIBVERSION = 1:1:1
+LIBVERSION=1:1:1
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 	-I"$(top_srcdir)/include" \