diff --git a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/authenticate.py b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/authenticate.py
index ac29256dce0..914bbbedf69 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/authenticate.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/authenticate.py
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ class AuthenticationController(BaseAPIController):
         except AttributeError:
             raise exceptions.RequestParameterInvalidException('Authentication is missing')
 
-
         # If split is only one element, try to decode the email and password
         # directly.
         if len(split) == 1: