diff --git a/include/channel.php b/include/channel.php
index 6a934cb82..22cdb9fe7 100644
--- a/include/channel.php
+++ b/include/channel.php
@@ -2602,8 +2602,6 @@ function channel_remove($channel_id, $local = true, $unset_session = false) {
 		}
 	}
 	
-
-
 	$r = q("select id from item where uid = %d", intval($channel_id));
 	if($r) {
 		foreach($r as $rv) {
@@ -2611,7 +2609,6 @@ function channel_remove($channel_id, $local = true, $unset_session = false) {
 		}
 	}
 
-
 	q("delete from abook where abook_xchan = '%s' and abook_self = 1 ",
 		dbesc($channel['channel_hash'])
 	);