diff --git a/util/ncgg/scan.l b/util/ncgg/scan.l
index 05e840d2c..0dd27c6cb 100644
--- a/util/ncgg/scan.l
+++ b/util/ncgg/scan.l
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+%{
 /*
  * (c) copyright 1987 by the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  * See the copyright notice in the ACK home directory, in the file "Copyright".
  */
-%{
 #ifndef NORCSID
 static char rcsid2[]= "$Header$";
 #endif