diff --git a/Sources/BartyCrouchKit/FileHandling/StringsFileUpdater.swift b/Sources/BartyCrouchKit/FileHandling/StringsFileUpdater.swift
index d5ad0c9..1d7bc11 100644
--- a/Sources/BartyCrouchKit/FileHandling/StringsFileUpdater.swift
+++ b/Sources/BartyCrouchKit/FileHandling/StringsFileUpdater.swift
@@ -174,6 +174,15 @@ public class StringsFileUpdater {
     )
   }
 
+  public func removeEmptyLines() {
+    let translations = findTranslations(inString: oldContentString)
+    rewriteFile(
+        with: translations,
+        keepWhitespaceSurroundings: false,
+        separateWithEmptyLine: false
+    )
+  }
+
   private func translationEntrySortingClosure(lhs: TranslationEntry, rhs: TranslationEntry) -> Bool {
     // ensure keys with empty values are appended to the end
     if lhs.value.isEmpty == rhs.value.isEmpty {
diff --git a/Sources/BartyCrouchKit/OldCommandLine/CommandLineActor.swift b/Sources/BartyCrouchKit/OldCommandLine/CommandLineActor.swift
index 4fc0b4c..662d9fb 100644
--- a/Sources/BartyCrouchKit/OldCommandLine/CommandLineActor.swift
+++ b/Sources/BartyCrouchKit/OldCommandLine/CommandLineActor.swift
@@ -200,6 +200,11 @@ public class CommandLineActor {
           let stringsFileUpdater = StringsFileUpdater(path: filePath)
           stringsFileUpdater?.sortByKeys(separateWithEmptyLine: separateWithEmptyLine)
         }
+      } else if !separateWithEmptyLine {
+        for filePath in allStringsFilePaths {
+          let stringsFileUpdater = StringsFileUpdater(path: filePath)
+          stringsFileUpdater?.removeEmptyLines()
+        }
       }
     }
   }