diff --git a/src/ref_agents.h b/src/ref_agents.h
index a4669b2d0..2696fca3a 100644
--- a/src/ref_agents.h
+++ b/src/ref_agents.h
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 
-
 /* Copyright 2014 United States Government as represented by the
  * Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
  * Administration. No copyright is claimed in the United States under
diff --git a/src/ref_egads.c b/src/ref_egads.c
index 30e1b090d..12dac73b8 100644
--- a/src/ref_egads.c
+++ b/src/ref_egads.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 /* Copyright 2014 United States Government as represented by the
  * Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
  * Administration. No copyright is claimed in the United States under
diff --git a/src/ref_geom.c b/src/ref_geom.c
index 3ca7007dd..007ca7b6f 100644
--- a/src/ref_geom.c
+++ b/src/ref_geom.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 
-
 /* Copyright 2014 United States Government as represented by the
  * Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
  * Administration. No copyright is claimed in the United States under
diff --git a/src/ref_interp.h b/src/ref_interp.h
index d262df64a..2ad38d261 100644
--- a/src/ref_interp.h
+++ b/src/ref_interp.h
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 
-
 /* Copyright 2014 United States Government as represented by the
  * Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
  * Administration. No copyright is claimed in the United States under
diff --git a/src/ref_metric_test.c b/src/ref_metric_test.c
index 25330c14a..dc707310d 100644
--- a/src/ref_metric_test.c
+++ b/src/ref_metric_test.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 /* Copyright 2014 United States Government as represented by the
  * Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
  * Administration. No copyright is claimed in the United States under
diff --git a/src/ref_mpi.h b/src/ref_mpi.h
index 4022329b6..6fa77fa9e 100644
--- a/src/ref_mpi.h
+++ b/src/ref_mpi.h
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 
-
 /* Copyright 2014 United States Government as represented by the
  * Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
  * Administration. No copyright is claimed in the United States under
diff --git a/src/ref_search.h b/src/ref_search.h
index 91b6d9e6d..b69e209c1 100644
--- a/src/ref_search.h
+++ b/src/ref_search.h
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 
-
 /* Copyright 2014 United States Government as represented by the
  * Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
  * Administration. No copyright is claimed in the United States under