diff --git a/doom-modeline.el b/doom-modeline.el
index 3ff8727..a308fb2 100644
--- a/doom-modeline.el
+++ b/doom-modeline.el
@@ -992,8 +992,7 @@ Uses `all-the-icons-material' to fetch the icon."
             (concat
              (doom-modeline-icon-material icon :face face :height 0.95 :v-adjust (or voffset -0.2))
              (if text doom-modeline-vspc)))
-          (if text (propertize text 'face face))
-          "  "))
+          (if text (propertize text 'face face))))
 
 (defvar-local doom-modeline--flycheck nil)
 (defun doom-modeline-update-flycheck-segment (&optional status)