diff --git a/internal/hls/muxer_test.go b/internal/hls/muxer_test.go
index 3bd11449..d8c3a11c 100644
--- a/internal/hls/muxer_test.go
+++ b/internal/hls/muxer_test.go
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ func TestMuxerVideoAudio(t *testing.T) {
 					`#EXT-X-ALLOW-CACHE:NO\n` +
 					`#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:4\n` +
 					`#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:0\n` +
-					`\n` +
 					`#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME:(.*?)\n` +
 					`#EXTINF:4,\n` +
 					`(seg0\.ts)\n` +
@@ -155,7 +154,6 @@ func TestMuxerVideoAudio(t *testing.T) {
 					`#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:4\n` +
 					`#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:0\n` +
 					`#EXT-X-MAP:URI="init.mp4"\n` +
-					`\n` +
 					`#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME:(.*?)\n` +
 					`#EXTINF:4.00000,\n` +
 					`(seg0\.mp4)\n` +
@@ -255,7 +253,6 @@ func TestMuxerVideoOnly(t *testing.T) {
 					`#EXT-X-ALLOW-CACHE:NO\n` +
 					`#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:4\n` +
 					`#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:0\n` +
-					`\n` +
 					`#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME:(.*?)\n` +
 					`#EXTINF:4,\n` +
 					`(seg0\.ts)\n` +
@@ -269,7 +266,6 @@ func TestMuxerVideoOnly(t *testing.T) {
 					`#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:4\n` +
 					`#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:0\n` +
 					`#EXT-X-MAP:URI="init.mp4"\n` +
-					`\n` +
 					`#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME:(.*?)\n` +
 					`#EXTINF:4.00000,\n` +
 					`(seg0\.mp4)\n` +
@@ -372,7 +368,6 @@ func TestMuxerAudioOnly(t *testing.T) {
 					`#EXT-X-ALLOW-CACHE:NO\n` +
 					`#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:1\n` +
 					`#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:0\n` +
-					`\n` +
 					`#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME:(.*?)\n` +
 					`#EXTINF:1,\n` +
 					`(seg0\.ts)\n$`)
@@ -383,7 +378,6 @@ func TestMuxerAudioOnly(t *testing.T) {
 					`#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:2\n` +
 					`#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:0\n` +
 					`#EXT-X-MAP:URI="init.mp4"\n` +
-					`\n` +
 					`#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME:(.*?)\n` +
 					`#EXTINF:2.32200,\n` +
 					`(seg0\.mp4)\n` +
@@ -482,7 +476,6 @@ func TestMuxerDoubleRead(t *testing.T) {
 		`#EXT-X-ALLOW-CACHE:NO\n` +
 		`#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:2\n` +
 		`#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:0\n` +
-		`\n` +
 		`#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME:(.*?)\n` +
 		`#EXTINF:2,\n` +
 		`(seg0\.ts)\n$`)
diff --git a/internal/hls/muxer_variant_mpegts_playlist.go b/internal/hls/muxer_variant_mpegts_playlist.go
index a7762b34..20151193 100644
--- a/internal/hls/muxer_variant_mpegts_playlist.go
+++ b/internal/hls/muxer_variant_mpegts_playlist.go
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ func (p *muxerVariantMPEGTSPlaylist) playlist() io.Reader {
 	cnt += "#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:" + strconv.FormatUint(uint64(targetDuration), 10) + "\n"
 
 	cnt += "#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:" + strconv.FormatInt(int64(p.segmentDeleteCount), 10) + "\n"
-	cnt += "\n"
 
 	for _, s := range p.segments {
 		cnt += "#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME:" + s.startTime.Format("2006-01-02T15:04:05.999Z07:00") + "\n" +