diff --git a/.clang-format b/.clang-format
index b30567097..cf9fa7365 100644
--- a/.clang-format
+++ b/.clang-format
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ ConstructorInitializerAllOnOneLineOrOnePerLine: false
 ConstructorInitializerIndentWidth: 4
 FixNamespaceComments: true
 IndentGotoLabels: false
-KeepEmptyLinesAtTheStartOfBlocks: true
+KeepEmptyLinesAtTheStartOfBlocks: false
 QualifierAlignment: Right
 SortUsingDeclarations: true
 SpaceAfterTemplateKeyword: false
diff --git a/gtk/OptionsDialog.cc b/gtk/OptionsDialog.cc
index 31460ceaf..69c781d07 100644
--- a/gtk/OptionsDialog.cc
+++ b/gtk/OptionsDialog.cc
@@ -386,7 +386,6 @@ TorrentFileChooserDialog::TorrentFileChooserDialog(Gtk::Window& parent, Glib::Re
 
 void TorrentUrlChooserDialog::onOpenURLResponse(int response, Gtk::Entry const& entry, Glib::RefPtr<Session> const& core)
 {
-
     if (response == TR_GTK_RESPONSE_TYPE(CANCEL))
     {
         close();
diff --git a/libtransmission/peer-mgr.cc b/libtransmission/peer-mgr.cc
index 8650c3cab..87c1749af 100644
--- a/libtransmission/peer-mgr.cc
+++ b/libtransmission/peer-mgr.cc
@@ -347,7 +347,6 @@ public:
               tor_in->swarm_is_all_seeds_.observe([this](tr_torrent* /*tor*/) { on_swarm_is_all_seeds(); }),
           } }
     {
-
         rebuild_webseeds();
     }
 
diff --git a/libtransmission/tr-dht.cc b/libtransmission/tr-dht.cc
index 15209c0e5..9c1cd9bc2 100644
--- a/libtransmission/tr-dht.cc
+++ b/libtransmission/tr-dht.cc
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ using namespace std::literals;
 // the dht library needs us to implement these:
 extern "C"
 {
-
     // This function should return true when a node is blacklisted.
     // We don't support using a blacklist with the DHT in Transmission,
     // since massive (ab)use of this feature could harm the DHT. However,