diff --git a/csl/chicago-fullnote-bibliography.csl b/csl/chicago-fullnote-bibliography.csl
index 3700809b38..f652c0993f 100644
--- a/csl/chicago-fullnote-bibliography.csl
+++ b/csl/chicago-fullnote-bibliography.csl
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
       <choose>
         <if variable="author">
       <names variable="editor" delimiter=", ">
-        <label form="verb" prefix=" " text-case="lowercase" suffix=" "/>
+        <label form="verb" text-case="lowercase" suffix=" "/>
         <name and="text" delimiter=", "/>
       </names>
         </if>
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
       <choose>
         <if variable="author editor" match="any">
       <names variable="translator" delimiter=", ">
-        <label form="verb" prefix=" " text-case="lowercase" suffix=" "/>
+        <label form="verb" text-case="lowercase" suffix=" "/>
         <name and="text" delimiter=", "/>
       </names>
         </if>
diff --git a/csl/chicago-note-bibliography.csl b/csl/chicago-note-bibliography.csl
index 909f911fb9..2e11638248 100644
--- a/csl/chicago-note-bibliography.csl
+++ b/csl/chicago-note-bibliography.csl
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@
       <if type="chapter">
     <group delimiter=", ">
       <names variable="editor" delimiter=", ">
-        <label form="verb" prefix=" " text-case="lowercase" suffix=" "/>
+        <label form="verb" text-case="lowercase" suffix=" "/>
         <name and="text" delimiter=", "/>
       </names>
       <choose>
         <if variable="author editor" match="any">
       <names variable="translator" delimiter=", ">
-        <label form="verb" prefix=" " text-case="lowercase" suffix=" "/>
+        <label form="verb" text-case="lowercase" suffix=" "/>
         <name and="text" delimiter=", "/>
       </names>
         </if>