diff --git a/sphinx_needs/directives/list2need.py b/sphinx_needs/directives/list2need.py
index ba335673c..6e3754bff 100644
--- a/sphinx_needs/directives/list2need.py
+++ b/sphinx_needs/directives/list2need.py
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ def run(self) -> Sequence[nodes.Node]:
                 list_need["title"] = OPTION_AREA_REGEX.sub("", list_need["title"])
                 list_need["content"] = OPTION_AREA_REGEX.sub("", list_need["content"])
 
-            # Add tags defined at list level (if exists) to the ones potentially defined in the content 
+            # Add tags defined at list level (if exists) to the ones potentially defined in the content
             if tags is not None:
                 if "options" not in list_need:
                     list_need["options"] = {}
diff --git a/tests/test_list2need.py b/tests/test_list2need.py
index d3f8bcd07..d657325b4 100644
--- a/tests/test_list2need.py
+++ b/tests/test_list2need.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 def test_doc_list2need_html(test_app):
     app = test_app
     app.build()
-    
+
     options_html = Path(app.outdir, "options.html").read_text()
 
     assert '<span class="needs_label">status: </span>' in options_html
@@ -48,6 +48,3 @@ def test_doc_list2need_html(test_app):
         'href="#NEED-B" title="NEED-C">NEED-B</a></span></span></div>'
         in links_down_html
     )
-
-
-