diff --git a/src/plugins/streamers/lefdef/db_plugin/dbLEFDEFPlugin.cc b/src/plugins/streamers/lefdef/db_plugin/dbLEFDEFPlugin.cc
index 5ef4104b5..bd79bb5af 100644
--- a/src/plugins/streamers/lefdef/db_plugin/dbLEFDEFPlugin.cc
+++ b/src/plugins/streamers/lefdef/db_plugin/dbLEFDEFPlugin.cc
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ read_map_file (const std::string &path, db::LEFDEFLayerDelegate &layers)
 
         if (w1 == "DIEAREA") {
 
-          std::string canonical_name = "(OUTLINE)";
+          std::string canonical_name = "OUTLINE";
           lm.map (db::LayerProperties (canonical_name), n++, db::LayerProperties (layer, datatype));
 
         } else if (w1 == "NAME") {