diff --git a/style/cpp/.clang-format b/style/cpp/.clang-format
index 945adae..00e2e25 100644
--- a/style/cpp/.clang-format
+++ b/style/cpp/.clang-format
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 IndentCaseLabels: true
 IndentWidth:     4
 IndentWrappedFunctionNames: true
-KeepEmptyLinesAtTheStartOfBlocks: true
+KeepEmptyLinesAtTheStartOfBlocks: false
 MacroBlockBegin: ''
 MacroBlockEnd:   ''
 MaxEmptyLinesToKeep: 1