diff --git a/kraken/lib/dataset/recognition.py b/kraken/lib/dataset/recognition.py
index 5a13d2f00..75a3bb9a8 100644
--- a/kraken/lib/dataset/recognition.py
+++ b/kraken/lib/dataset/recognition.py
@@ -656,5 +656,3 @@ def im_mode(self):
         return {b'1': '1',
                 b'L': 'L',
                 b'R': 'RGB'}[self._im_mode.value]
-
-