diff --git a/1991/rince/Makefile b/1991/rince/Makefile
index 5dcb45555..9c60e9201 100644
--- a/1991/rince/Makefile
+++ b/1991/rince/Makefile
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ alt: data ${ALT_TARGET}
 	@${TRUE}
 
 # variable to control max number of moves
-MAXMOVES=484
+MAXMOVES= 484
 ${PROG}.alt: ${PROG}.alt.c
 	${CC} ${CFLAGS} $< -o $@ ${LDFLAGS}