diff --git a/libvips/foreign/tiff2vips.c b/libvips/foreign/tiff2vips.c
index d356872e..e7f0fa2f 100644
--- a/libvips/foreign/tiff2vips.c
+++ b/libvips/foreign/tiff2vips.c
@@ -2565,8 +2565,6 @@ rtiff_header_read( Rtiff *rtiff, RtiffHeader *header )
 	 */
 	header->tiled = TIFFIsTiled( rtiff->tiff );
 
-
-
 #ifdef DEBUG
 	printf( "rtiff_header_read: header.width = %d\n", 
 		header->width );