diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
index 62ebdafe2..ffd02caf2 100644
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -19,6 +19,5 @@ ktlint_standard_function-signature = disabled
 ktlint_standard_max-line-length = disabled
 ktlint_standard_mixed-condition-operators = disabled
 ktlint_standard_no-empty-first-line-in-class-body = disabled
-ktlint_standard_no-empty-first-line-in-method-block = disabled
 ktlint_standard_package-name = disabled
 ktlint_standard_property-naming = disabled
diff --git a/app/src/androidTest/java/org/schabi/newpipe/local/history/HistoryRecordManagerTest.kt b/app/src/androidTest/java/org/schabi/newpipe/local/history/HistoryRecordManagerTest.kt
index 06c0fd09c..32fb08db0 100644
--- a/app/src/androidTest/java/org/schabi/newpipe/local/history/HistoryRecordManagerTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/androidTest/java/org/schabi/newpipe/local/history/HistoryRecordManagerTest.kt
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ class HistoryRecordManagerTest {
     }
 
     private fun insertShuffledRelatedSearches(relatedSearches: Collection<SearchHistoryEntry>) {
-
         // shuffle to make sure the order of items returned by queries depends only on
         // SearchHistoryEntry.creationDate, not on the actual insertion time, so that we can
         // verify that the `ORDER BY` clause does its job
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/database/stream/dao/StreamDAO.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/database/stream/dao/StreamDAO.kt
index 6ef64ec4d..a6ab2c6cc 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/database/stream/dao/StreamDAO.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/database/stream/dao/StreamDAO.kt
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ abstract class StreamDAO : BasicDAO<StreamEntity> {
         newerStream.uid = existentMinimalStream.uid
 
         if (!StreamTypeUtil.isLiveStream(newerStream.streamType)) {
-
             // Use the existent upload date if the newer stream does not have a better precision
             // (i.e. is an approximation). This is done to prevent unnecessary changes.
             val hasBetterPrecision =
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/local/feed/FeedFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/local/feed/FeedFragment.kt
index 930998c67..ac076f1b8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/local/feed/FeedFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/local/feed/FeedFragment.kt
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ class FeedFragment : BaseStateFragment<FeedState>() {
                 if (newState == RecyclerView.SCROLL_STATE_IDLE &&
                     !recyclerView.canScrollVertically(-1)
                 ) {
-
                     if (tryGetNewItemsLoadedButton()?.isVisible == true) {
                         hideNewItemsLoaded(true)
                     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/local/playlist/ExportPlaylist.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/local/playlist/ExportPlaylist.kt
index cbe0baec4..a6c3561ec 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/local/playlist/ExportPlaylist.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/local/playlist/ExportPlaylist.kt
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ private fun exportJustUrls(playlist: List<PlaylistStreamEntry>): String {
 }
 
 private fun exportAsYoutubeTempPlaylist(playlist: List<PlaylistStreamEntry>): String {
-
     val videoIDs = playlist.asReversed().asSequence()
         .mapNotNull { getYouTubeId(it.streamEntity.url) }
         .take(50) // YouTube limitation: temp playlists can't have more than 50 items
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/util/potoken/PoTokenProviderImpl.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/util/potoken/PoTokenProviderImpl.kt
index eb1153c7f..12fadb68d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/util/potoken/PoTokenProviderImpl.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/util/potoken/PoTokenProviderImpl.kt
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ object PoTokenProviderImpl : PoTokenProvider {
                     webPoTokenGenerator!!.isExpired()
 
                 if (shouldRecreate) {
-
                     val innertubeClientRequestInfo = InnertubeClientRequestInfo.ofWebClient()
                     innertubeClientRequestInfo.clientInfo.clientVersion =
                         YoutubeParsingHelper.getClientVersion()