diff --git a/src/sage/rings/polynomial/polynomial_element.pyx b/src/sage/rings/polynomial/polynomial_element.pyx
index 4fc833ac721..7c3e7ef9cd4 100644
--- a/src/sage/rings/polynomial/polynomial_element.pyx
+++ b/src/sage/rings/polynomial/polynomial_element.pyx
@@ -9383,7 +9383,6 @@ cdef class Polynomial(CommutativeAlgebraElement):
         """
         raise NotImplementedError
 
-
 # ----------------- inner functions -------------
 # Cython can't handle function definitions inside other function