diff --git a/esbuild-check.js b/esbuild-check.js
index 8f02bab1b0..5ce65b5976 100644
--- a/esbuild-check.js
+++ b/esbuild-check.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // If the platform does not support the native variant of esbuild, this will crash.
 // This script can then be spawned by the CLI to determine if native usage is supported.
 require('esbuild')
-  .formatMessages([], { kind: 'error ' })
+  .formatMessages([], { kind: 'error' })
   .then(
     () => {},
     () => {}