diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/utils.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/utils.py
index bfb23c45aa..286fad1aaa 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/utils.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/utils.py
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ class PreProcessor(object):
         blanklines = blankreg.findall(html)
         lines = linereg.findall(html)
         blanks_between_paragraphs = False
-        print "delete blank paragraphs is "+str(getattr(self.extra_opts, 'delete_blank_paragraphs', True))
+        print "delete blank paragraphs is "+str(getattr(self.extra_opts, 'delete_blank_paragraphs', False))
         if len(lines) > 1:
             self.log("There are " + unicode(len(blanklines)) + " blank lines. " +
                     unicode(float(len(blanklines)) / float(len(lines))) + " percent blank")
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/input.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/input.py
index b0e7746c7e..de210e0a6d 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/input.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/input.py
@@ -32,8 +32,3 @@ class PDBInput(InputFormatPlugin):
         opf = reader.extract_content(os.getcwd())
 
         return opf
-
-    def heuristics(self, options, html):
-        self.options = options
-        preprocessor = PreProcessor(self.options, log=getattr(self, 'log', None))
-        return preprocessor(html)