diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index da43e65f..84cb6c9d 100644
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -224,4 +224,3 @@ along with GNU Libtool; see the file COPYING.  If not, a copy
 can be downloaded from  http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html,
 or obtained by writing to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
-
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index e2568ee1..bd0b4ad8 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ VC_LIST_ALWAYS_EXCLUDE_REGEX = ^mail/
 local-checks-to-fix =				\
 	sc_prohibit_always-defined_macros	\
 	sc_prohibit_always_true_header_tests	\
-	sc_prohibit_empty_lines_at_EOF		\
 	sc_prohibit_have_config_h		\
 	sc_prohibit_magic_number_exit		\
 	sc_prohibit_stddef_without_use		\
diff --git a/libltdl/argz.c b/libltdl/argz.c
index 8567723b..b2e7769d 100644
--- a/libltdl/argz.c
+++ b/libltdl/argz.c
@@ -223,4 +223,3 @@ argz_stringify (char *argz, size_t argz_len, int sep)
 	}
     }
 }
-
diff --git a/tests/f77demo/README b/tests/f77demo/README
index 11df06c7..1417e729 100644
--- a/tests/f77demo/README
+++ b/tests/f77demo/README
@@ -10,7 +10,3 @@ function.
 
 This demo requires GNU autoconf, automake, 
 libtool with the F77 tag and quite obvious Fortran 77.
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/tests/f77demo/cprogram.c b/tests/f77demo/cprogram.c
index 84955247..3275fd58 100644
--- a/tests/f77demo/cprogram.c
+++ b/tests/f77demo/cprogram.c
@@ -51,4 +51,3 @@ main ()
   
   return 0;
 }
-
diff --git a/tests/f77demo/fprogram.f b/tests/f77demo/fprogram.f
index f4b4ccdd..faf56a63 100644
--- a/tests/f77demo/fprogram.f
+++ b/tests/f77demo/fprogram.f
@@ -31,4 +31,3 @@ C
 
       stop
       end
-
diff --git a/tests/fcdemo/README b/tests/fcdemo/README
index 50cee2b2..44214a08 100644
--- a/tests/fcdemo/README
+++ b/tests/fcdemo/README
@@ -10,7 +10,3 @@ function.
 
 This demo requires GNU autoconf, automake, 
 libtool with the FC tag and quite obvious Fortran.
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/tests/fcdemo/cprogram.c b/tests/fcdemo/cprogram.c
index 39fa395d..b0bdf123 100644
--- a/tests/fcdemo/cprogram.c
+++ b/tests/fcdemo/cprogram.c
@@ -52,4 +52,3 @@ main ()
   
   return 0;
 }
-
diff --git a/tests/libtoolize.at b/tests/libtoolize.at
index 674826f8..030ece79 100644
--- a/tests/libtoolize.at
+++ b/tests/libtoolize.at
@@ -1071,4 +1071,3 @@ AT_CHECK([grep 'keep me' acinclude.m4], 0, [ignore])
 AT_CHECK([test -f libltdl/acinclude.m4], 1, [ignore], [ignore])
 
 AT_CLEANUP
-
diff --git a/tests/mdemo/README b/tests/mdemo/README
index 936396a9..a599ff21 100644
--- a/tests/mdemo/README
+++ b/tests/mdemo/README
@@ -14,4 +14,3 @@ libraries *are* built as dll's, but do not have the __declspec
 machinery to make them suitable for loading at link time.  This is
 only for clarity inside this example, look at the example in ../demo
 to see how the __declspec macros should be set up.
-
diff --git a/tests/mdemo2/README b/tests/mdemo2/README
index 8a1e18ba..a8088763 100644
--- a/tests/mdemo2/README
+++ b/tests/mdemo2/README
@@ -2,4 +2,3 @@ This is mdemo2, an example package that attempts to use GNU libtool to
 link with a library that itself does dlopening of libtool modules.
 
 This demo depends upon the libraries generated in ../mdemo.
-
diff --git a/tests/pdemo-inst.test b/tests/pdemo-inst.test
index 8188b005..67753b1e 100755
--- a/tests/pdemo-inst.test
+++ b/tests/pdemo-inst.test
@@ -36,4 +36,3 @@ func_exec "$prefix/bin/hell$EXEEXT" 'Welcome to GNU Hell'
 func_exec "$prefix/bin/helldl$EXEEXT" '(Welcome to .*GNU Hell|unsupported)'
 
 exit $status
-