diff --git a/core/util.h b/core/util.h
index a93be08a..b85fbd39 100644
--- a/core/util.h
+++ b/core/util.h
@@ -10,4 +10,3 @@ uint64_t random_64b();
 bool ipp_eq(IP_Port a, IP_Port b);
 bool id_eq(clientid_t* dest, clientid_t* src);
 void id_cpy(clientid_t* dest, clientid_t* src);
-
diff --git a/testing/misc_tools.c b/testing/misc_tools.c
index fa7f42c9..f3d6b0ae 100644
--- a/testing/misc_tools.c
+++ b/testing/misc_tools.c
@@ -43,9 +43,3 @@ unsigned char * hex_string_to_bin(char hex_string[])
 
     return val;
 }
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diff --git a/testing/rect.py b/testing/rect.py
index 85e70810..05f0abc4 100644
--- a/testing/rect.py
+++ b/testing/rect.py
@@ -42,4 +42,3 @@ while True:
         print "Sending SYNC resp"
         a+=1
         sock.sendto("11".decode('hex') + chr(a) + data[1:9], addr)
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