diff --git a/src/db/db/dbLayoutToNetlist.cc b/src/db/db/dbLayoutToNetlist.cc
index 05c273c79..eb72fad6e 100644
--- a/src/db/db/dbLayoutToNetlist.cc
+++ b/src/db/db/dbLayoutToNetlist.cc
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ LayoutToNetlist::build_net_rec (db::cell_index_type ci, size_t cid, db::Layout &
         }
       }
 
-      bool consider_cell = !deliver_shapes_of_net (hier_mode == BNH_Flatten, mp_netlist.get (), m_net_clusters, ci, cid, sof_lmap, tr, 0);
+      bool consider_cell = ! deliver_shapes_of_net (hier_mode == BNH_Flatten, mp_netlist.get (), m_net_clusters, ci, cid, sof_lmap, tr, 0);
       if (! consider_cell) {
         //  shortcut if cell is empty -> no net cell will be produced
         return;
diff --git a/testdata/algo/l2n_writer_au.gds b/testdata/algo/l2n_writer_au.gds
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diff --git a/testdata/algo/l2n_writer_au_2.gds b/testdata/algo/l2n_writer_au_2.gds
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