diff --git a/clint.py b/clint.py
index 40aee6a231..da06272724 100755
--- a/clint.py
+++ b/clint.py
@@ -2248,7 +2248,7 @@ def CheckSpacingForFunctionCall(filename, line, linenum, error):
   # Note that we assume the contents of [] to be short enough that
   # they'll never need to wrap.
   if (  # Ignore control structures.
-      not Search(r'\b(if|for|while|switch|return|new|delete|catch|sizeof)\b',
+      not Search(r'\b(if|for|while|switch|return|sizeof)\b',
                  fncall) and
       # Ignore pointers/references to functions.
       not Search(r' \([^)]+\)\([^)]*(\)|,$)', fncall) and