diff --git a/beets/dbcore/query.py b/beets/dbcore/query.py
index b66496e2d..14ce0a2d4 100644
--- a/beets/dbcore/query.py
+++ b/beets/dbcore/query.py
@@ -748,4 +748,4 @@ def build_sql(model_cls, query, sort):
         sort_order=sort_order
     )
 
-    return (sql, subvals, slow_query, slow_sort) 
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+    return sql, subvals, slow_query, slow_sort
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