diff --git a/sci-physics/herwig++/herwig++-2.7.1-r1.ebuild b/sci-physics/herwig++/herwig++-2.7.1-r1.ebuild
index 0efec5352f5b2..8f7bfafc05494 100644
--- a/sci-physics/herwig++/herwig++-2.7.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sci-physics/herwig++/herwig++-2.7.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -30,14 +30,12 @@ DEPEND="
 	>=sys-devel/boost-m4-0.4_p20160328
 "
 
-
 src_prepare() {
 	default
 
 	eapply -p0 "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.6.3-looptools.patch
 	eapply "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.7.1-fix-boost-1.67.patch
 
-
 	# fixes bug 570458, which is due to an outdated bundled boost.m4
 	rm m4/boost.m4 || die