diff --git a/mesonbuild/backend/backends.py b/mesonbuild/backend/backends.py
index e857d6033..16cb04167 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/backend/backends.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/backend/backends.py
@@ -441,7 +441,6 @@ class Backend():
             arr.append(ts)
         pickle.dump(arr, datafile)
 
-
     def generate_depmf_install(self, d):
         if self.build.dep_manifest_name is None:
             return
diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies.py
index 9659ace01..976adf07e 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies.py
@@ -1104,7 +1104,6 @@ is sometimes mixed among the subprocess output. I have no idea
 why. As a hack filter out everything that is not a flag."""
         return [e for e in elems if e.startswith('-')]
 
-
     def filter_arsg(self, args):
         """gnustep-config returns a bunch of garbage args such
         as -O2 and so on. Drop everything that is not needed."""
diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter.py
index 7373fd66d..95e013687 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreter.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter.py
@@ -2458,7 +2458,6 @@ requirements use the version keyword argument instead.''')
             if not os.path.isfile(fname):
                 raise InterpreterException('Tried to add non-existing source file %s.' % s)
 
-
     def format_string(self, templ, args):
         templ = self.to_native(templ)
         if isinstance(args, mparser.ArgumentNode):
diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreterbase.py b/mesonbuild/interpreterbase.py
index 188153435..80413e2b2 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreterbase.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreterbase.py
@@ -507,7 +507,6 @@ class InterpreterBase:
             return obj[index]
         raise InterpreterException('Arrays do not have a method called "%s".' % method_name)
 
-
     def reduce_arguments(self, args):
         assert(isinstance(args, mparser.ArgumentNode))
         if args.incorrect_order():
diff --git a/mesonbuild/mconf.py b/mesonbuild/mconf.py
index d6b762431..dfdcb94c7 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/mconf.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/mconf.py
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ class Conf:
             else:
                 raise ConfException('Unknown option %s.' % k)
 
-
     def print_conf(self):
         print('Core properties:')
         print('  Source dir', self.build.environment.source_dir)
diff --git a/mesonbuild/modules/gnome.py b/mesonbuild/modules/gnome.py
index 47fa68ec6..89dfa99e8 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/modules/gnome.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/modules/gnome.py
@@ -255,7 +255,6 @@ can not be used with the current version of glib-compiled-resources, due to
 
         return dep_files, depends, subdirs
 
-
     def _get_link_args(self, state, lib, depends=None, include_rpath=False):
         if gir_has_extra_lib_arg():
             link_command = ['--extra-library=%s' % lib.name]
diff --git a/mesonbuild/scripts/gtkdochelper.py b/mesonbuild/scripts/gtkdochelper.py
index 6486e28b1..53ed07fb0 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/scripts/gtkdochelper.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/scripts/gtkdochelper.py
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ def build_gtkdoc(source_root, build_root, doc_subdir, src_subdirs,
 
         gtkdoc_run_check(scanobjs_cmd, abs_out)
 
-
     # Make docbook files
     if mode == 'auto':
         # Guessing is probably a poor idea but these keeps compat