diff --git a/package/busybox/busybox.mk b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
index 0ceaab17f..f0fa85199 100644
--- a/package/busybox/busybox.mk
+++ b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ BUSYBOX_KCONFIG_EDITORS = menuconfig xconfig gconfig
 BUSYBOX_KCONFIG_OPTS = $(BUSYBOX_MAKE_OPTS)
 
 define BUSYBOX_PERMISSIONS
-	/bin/busybox			 f 4755	0 0 - - - - -
-	/usr/share/udhcpc/default.script f 755  0 0 - - - - -
+	/bin/busybox                     f 4755 0  0 - - - - -
+	/usr/share/udhcpc/default.script f 755  0  0 - - - - -
 endef
 
 # If mdev will be used for device creation enable it and copy S10mdev to /etc/init.d
diff --git a/package/nginx/nginx.mk b/package/nginx/nginx.mk
index 5a65c5226..55ae8442f 100644
--- a/package/nginx/nginx.mk
+++ b/package/nginx/nginx.mk
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ NGINX_CONF_OPTS = \
 # So, we just need to create the directories used by nginx with the right
 # ownership.
 define NGINX_PERMISSIONS
-	/var/lib/nginx	d	755	33	33	-	-	-	-	-
+	/var/lib/nginx d 755 33 33 - - - - -
 endef
 
 # disable external libatomic_ops because its detection fails.
diff --git a/package/sudo/sudo.mk b/package/sudo/sudo.mk
index 283a40ca6..61635ecca 100644
--- a/package/sudo/sudo.mk
+++ b/package/sudo/sudo.mk
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ endef
 SUDO_POST_CONFIGURE_HOOKS += SUDO_BUILD_MKSIGNAME_MKSIGLIST_HOST
 
 define SUDO_PERMISSIONS
-	/usr/bin/sudo			 f 4755	0 0 - - - - -
+	/usr/bin/sudo f 4755 0 0 - - - - -
 endef
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))