diff --git a/require-ess/tools/driver.makefile b/require-ess/tools/driver.makefile
index bdb0c704fd074f6000197a9fa616447664912eea..b00ecc9b0c0eaaf79190302bb7e9ad0fbc325f9d 100644
--- a/require-ess/tools/driver.makefile
+++ b/require-ess/tools/driver.makefile
@@ -442,9 +442,9 @@ REQUIRED :=
 
 # Converts all of the X_DEP_VERSIONs to x_VERSION and records them
 define fetch_module_versions
-_lm := $$(shell echo $1 | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
-$$(_lm)_VERSION := $($1_DEP_VERSION)
-_MODULES += $$(_lm)
+  _lm := $$(shell echo $1 | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+  $$(_lm)_VERSION := $($1_DEP_VERSION)
+  _MODULES += $$(_lm)
 endef
 $(foreach m,$(patsubst %_DEP_VERSION,%,$(filter %_DEP_VERSION,$(.VARIABLES))),$(eval $(call fetch_module_versions,$m)))
 
@@ -458,12 +458,12 @@ endef
 
 # Used to recurse through versions: updates REQUIRED and fetches all of the dependencies from the given module
 define update_dep_versions
-m := $$(firstword $$(_MODULES))
-REQUIRED += $$m
-$$m_TBL := $$(call fetch_deps,$$m)
-$$m_DEPS := $$(call select,1,$$($$m_TBL),1)
-_MODULES := $$(filter-out $$(REQUIRED),$$(_MODULES) $$($$m_DEPS))
-$$(foreach mm,$$($$m_DEPS),$$(eval $$(mm)_VERSION := $$(call select,2,$$($$m_TBL),$$$$(call str-eq,$$$$1,$$(mm)))))
+  m := $$(firstword $$(_MODULES))
+  REQUIRED += $$m
+  $$m_TBL := $$(call fetch_deps,$$m)
+  $$m_DEPS := $$(call select,1,$$($$m_TBL),1)
+  _MODULES := $$(filter-out $$(REQUIRED),$$(_MODULES) $$($$m_DEPS))
+  $$(foreach mm,$$($$m_DEPS),$$(eval $$(mm)_VERSION := $$(call select,2,$$($$m_TBL),$$$$(call str-eq,$$$$1,$$(mm)))))
 endef
 $(call while,$$(_MODULES),$(update_dep_versions))