diff --git a/src/SubModel.cc b/src/SubModel.cc
index 03cd3dee21d9e9d2d026afa8be68d128d61e507a..84ed0f51f56762dd6814e5e53d5d6f4b85eface3 100644
--- a/src/SubModel.cc
+++ b/src/SubModel.cc
@@ -532,9 +532,7 @@ VarModelTable::writeJsonOutput(ostream &output) const
           output << "]";
         }
       else
-        {
-          output << "\"order\": \"" << symbol_list_and_order.at(name).second << "\",";
-        }
+        output << "\"order\": \"" << symbol_list_and_order.at(name).second << "\"";
       output << "}";
     }
 }