diff --git a/src/CraftingRecipes.cpp b/src/CraftingRecipes.cpp
index 223184c64..ed3409207 100644
--- a/src/CraftingRecipes.cpp
+++ b/src/CraftingRecipes.cpp
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ void cCraftingRecipes::ClearRecipes(void)
 void cCraftingRecipes::AddRecipeLine(int a_LineNum, const AString & a_RecipeLine)
 {
 	AString RecipeLine(a_RecipeLine);
-	RecipeLine.erase(std::remove(RecipeLine.begin(), RecipeLine.end(), ' '), RecipeLine.end());
+	RecipeLine.erase(std::remove_if(RecipeLine.begin(), RecipeLine.end(), isspace), RecipeLine.end());
 
 	AStringVector Sides = StringSplit(RecipeLine, "=");
 	if (Sides.size() != 2)