diff --git a/regions/io/ds9/core.py b/regions/io/ds9/core.py
index 8dbe313a..d5edd3a3 100644
--- a/regions/io/ds9/core.py
+++ b/regions/io/ds9/core.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def to_region(self):
 
 class Shape(object):
     """Helper class to represent a DS9
-    
+
     This serves as intermediate step in the parsing process.
 
     Parameters
diff --git a/regions/io/ds9/read.py b/regions/io/ds9/read.py
index 2afc8aee..cebd54fb 100644
--- a/regions/io/ds9/read.py
+++ b/regions/io/ds9/read.py
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ class DS9RegionParser(object):
     region_type : str
         Region type
     global_meta : dict
-        Global meta data 
+        Global meta data
     line : str
         Line to parse
     """
diff --git a/regions/io/ds9/tests/test_ds9_language.py b/regions/io/ds9/tests/test_ds9_language.py
index 7e13d2bf..91fc8c03 100644
--- a/regions/io/ds9/tests/test_ds9_language.py
+++ b/regions/io/ds9/tests/test_ds9_language.py
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ def test_ds9_string_to_objects():
     """Simple test case for ds9_string_to_objects
     """
     ds9_str = '# Region file format: DS9 astropy/regions\nfk5\ncircle(42.0000,43.0000,3.0000)\n'
-    
     parser = DS9Parser(ds9_str)
     parser.run()
     regions = parser.shapes.to_region()