diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/columnWiseSort.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/columnWiseSort.cuh
index 586caf044d..f6c4087686 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/columnWiseSort.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/columnWiseSort.cuh
@@ -72,11 +72,7 @@ RAFT_KERNEL devOffsetKernel(T* in, T value, int n_times)
 }
 
 // block level radix sort - can only sort as much data we can fit within shared memory
-template <
-  typename InType,
-  typename OutType,
-  int BLOCK_SIZE,
-  int ITEMS_PER_THREAD>
+template <typename InType, typename OutType, int BLOCK_SIZE, int ITEMS_PER_THREAD>
 RAFT_KERNEL __launch_bounds__(1024, 1) devKeyValSortColumnPerRow(const InType* inputKeys,
                                                                  InType* outputKeys,
                                                                  OutType* inputVals,