diff --git a/daos/record_test.go b/daos/record_test.go
index 24a0888d..2458ebd5 100644
--- a/daos/record_test.go
+++ b/daos/record_test.go
@@ -655,11 +655,11 @@ func TestDeleteRecord(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	// ensure that the json rel fields were prefixed
 	joinedQueries := strings.Join(calledQueries, " ")
-	expectedRelManyJoin := "`demo1` LEFT JOIN  json_each(CASE WHEN json_valid([[demo1.rel_many]]) THEN [[demo1.rel_many]] ELSE json_array([[demo1.rel_many]]) END)"
+	expectedRelManyJoin := "`demo1` LEFT JOIN json_each(CASE WHEN json_valid([[demo1.rel_many]]) THEN [[demo1.rel_many]] ELSE json_array([[demo1.rel_many]]) END)"
 	if !strings.Contains(joinedQueries, expectedRelManyJoin) {
 		t.Fatalf("(rec3) Expected the cascade delete to call the query \n%v, got \n%v", expectedRelManyJoin, calledQueries)
 	}
-	expectedRelOneJoin := "`demo1` LEFT JOIN  json_each(CASE WHEN json_valid([[demo1.rel_one]]) THEN [[demo1.rel_one]] ELSE json_array([[demo1.rel_one]]) END)"
+	expectedRelOneJoin := "`demo1` LEFT JOIN json_each(CASE WHEN json_valid([[demo1.rel_one]]) THEN [[demo1.rel_one]] ELSE json_array([[demo1.rel_one]]) END)"
 	if !strings.Contains(joinedQueries, expectedRelOneJoin) {
 		t.Fatalf("(rec3) Expected the cascade delete to call the query \n%v, got \n%v", expectedRelOneJoin, calledQueries)
 	}