diff --git a/resources/templates/rtf.xsl b/resources/templates/rtf.xsl
index bf016efaaf..ae054186d4 100644
--- a/resources/templates/rtf.xsl
+++ b/resources/templates/rtf.xsl
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@
         </xsl:if>
     </xsl:template>
 
-
     <xsl:template name = "para-content">
         <xsl:apply-templates/>
     </xsl:template>
@@ -182,14 +181,12 @@
 
     <xsl:template match="rtf:operator|rtf:editing-time|rtf:number-of-pages|rtf:number-of-words|rtf:number-of-characters"/>
 
-
     <xsl:template match="rtf:title">
         <xsl:element name="title">
             <xsl:apply-templates/>
         </xsl:element>
     </xsl:template>
 
-
     <xsl:template name="html-head">
         <title>unnamed</title>
           <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles.css"/>
@@ -386,7 +383,6 @@
 
     <xsl:key name="style-types" match="rtf:paragraph-definition" use="@style-number"/>
 
-
     <xsl:variable name = "delete-list-text">true</xsl:variable>
     <xsl:variable name = "delete-field-blocks">true</xsl:variable>
     <xsl:variable name = "delete-annotation">false</xsl:variable>
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/rtf/input.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/rtf/input.py
index 50f5571d58..df74a7b3cb 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/rtf/input.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/rtf/input.py
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ class RTFInput(InputFormatPlugin):
 
         return name
 
-
     def write_inline_css(self, ic):
         font_size_classes = ['span.fs%d { font-size: %spt }'%(i, x) for i, x in
                 enumerate(ic.font_sizes)]
@@ -152,17 +151,11 @@ class RTFInput(InputFormatPlugin):
             text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;
             font-style: normal; font-variant: normal
         }
-
         span.italics { font-style: italic }
-
         span.bold { font-weight: bold }
-
         span.small-caps { font-variant: small-caps }
-
         span.underlined { text-decoration: underline }
-
         span.strike-through { text-decoration: line-through }
-
         ''')
         css += '\n'+'\n'.join(font_size_classes)
         css += '\n' +'\n'.join(color_classes)