diff --git a/aegisub/automation/include/cleantags.lua b/aegisub/automation/include/cleantags.lua
index 0810c5c1e..51bc016b8 100644
--- a/aegisub/automation/include/cleantags.lua
+++ b/aegisub/automation/include/cleantags.lua
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ function cleantags(text)
 	end
 
 	--[[ Remove any spaces within parenteses within override blocks except for \clip tags ]]
-	local comb = function(a,b,c,d,e) 
-		if c ~= "\\i?clip" or d:sub(-1):find("[,%({]") or e:sub(1,1):find("[,%)}]") then return a..b..d..e 
-		else return a..b..d..string.char(2)..e end 
+	local comb = function(a,b,c,d,e)
+		if (c ~= "\\clip" and c ~= "\\iclip") or d:sub(-1):find("[,%({]") or e:sub(1,1):find("[,%)}]") then return a..b..d..e
+		else return a..b..d..string.char(2)..e end
 	end
     repeat
         text, replaced2 = string.gsub(text, "({[^}\\]*)([^}%s]*(\\[^%(}\\%s]*))%s*(%([^%s%)}]*)%s+([^}]*)", comb)