diff --git a/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py
index ccb62a8813f..89a75b34863 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py
@@ -124,12 +124,12 @@ def load_macros(self, version):
         self.set_macro("VSInstallDir", vsbase + r"\Setup\VS", "productdir")
         net = r"Software\Microsoft\.NETFramework"
         self.set_macro("FrameworkDir", net, "installroot")
-	try:
-	    if version > 7.0:
-		self.set_macro("FrameworkSDKDir", net, "sdkinstallrootv1.1")
-	    else:
-		self.set_macro("FrameworkSDKDir", net, "sdkinstallroot")
-	except KeyError, exc: #
+        try:
+            if version > 7.0:
+                self.set_macro("FrameworkSDKDir", net, "sdkinstallrootv1.1")
+            else:
+                self.set_macro("FrameworkSDKDir", net, "sdkinstallroot")
+        except KeyError, exc: #
             raise DistutilsPlatformError, \
                   ("The .NET Framework SDK needs to be installed before "
                    "building extensions for Python.")