diff --git a/csl/harvard1.csl b/csl/harvard1.csl
index 21ca0ebda6..365f25c7c4 100644
--- a/csl/harvard1.csl
+++ b/csl/harvard1.csl
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <macro name="author">
     <names variable="author">
       <name name-as-sort-order="all" and="symbol" sort-separator=", " initialize-with="."
-	    delimiter=", "/>
+	    delimiter-precedes-last="never" delimiter=", "/>
       <label form="short" prefix=" " suffix="." text-case="lowercase"/>
       <substitute>
 	<names variable="editor"/>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   </macro>
   <macro name="author-short">
     <names variable="author">
-      <name form="short" and="symbol" delimiter=", " initialize-with=". "/>
+      <name form="short" and="symbol" delimiter=", " delimiter-precedes-last="never" initialize-with=". "/>
       <substitute>
 	<names variable="editor"/>
 	<names variable="translator"/>
diff --git a/csl/harvard2.csl b/csl/harvard2.csl
index 068d44315b..b4d76e9c22 100644
--- a/csl/harvard2.csl
+++ b/csl/harvard2.csl
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   </macro>
   <macro name="author">
     <names variable="author">
-      <name name-as-sort-order="all" and="symbol" sort-separator=", " initialize-with="."
+      <name name-as-sort-order="all" and="symbol" sort-separator=", " delimiter-precedes-last="never" initialize-with="."
 	    delimiter=", "/>
       <label form="short" prefix=" (" suffix=")." text-case="lowercase"/>
       <substitute>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   </macro>
   <macro name="author-short">
     <names variable="author">
-      <name form="short" and="symbol" delimiter=", " initialize-with="."/>
+      <name form="short" and="symbol" delimiter=", " delimiter-precedes-last="never" initialize-with="."/>
       <substitute>
 	<names variable="editor"/>
 	<names variable="translator"/>
diff --git a/csl/harvard3.csl b/csl/harvard3.csl
index ae3e1866aa..c9e7f9f07a 100644
--- a/csl/harvard3.csl
+++ b/csl/harvard3.csl
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <macro name="author">
     <names variable="author">
       <name name-as-sort-order="all" and="symbol" sort-separator=", " initialize-with=""
-	    delimiter=", "/>
+	    delimiter=", " delimiter-precedes-last="never" />
       <label form="short" prefix=" (" suffix=".)" text-case="lowercase"/>
       <substitute>
 	<names variable="editor"/>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   </macro>
   <macro name="author-short">
     <names variable="author">
-      <name form="short" and="symbol" delimiter=", " initialize-with=". "/>
+      <name form="short" and="symbol" delimiter=", " delimiter-precedes-last="never" initialize-with=". "/>
       <substitute>
 	<names variable="editor"/>
 	<names variable="translator"/>
diff --git a/csl/ou-harvard.csl b/csl/ou-harvard.csl
index f02094abd5..97623ed5cd 100644
--- a/csl/ou-harvard.csl
+++ b/csl/ou-harvard.csl
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <macro name="author">
     <names variable="author">
       <name name-as-sort-order="all" and="text" sort-separator=", " 
-	    delimiter=", " form="long"/>
+	    delimiter=", " delimiter-precedes-last="never" form="long"/>
       <label form="short" prefix=" (" suffix=".)" text-case="lowercase"/>
       <substitute>
 	<names variable="editor"/>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   </macro>
   <macro name="author-short">
     <names variable="author">
-      <name form="short" and="symbol" delimiter=", " initialize-with=". "/>
+      <name form="short" and="symbol" delimiter=", " delimiter-precedes-last="never" initialize-with=". "/>
       <substitute>
 	<names variable="editor"/>
 	<names variable="translator"/>