diff --git a/strongarm.module b/strongarm.module
index e6556c0..e28c788 100644
--- a/strongarm.module
+++ b/strongarm.module
@@ -171,14 +171,14 @@ function variable_features_export($data, &$export, $module_name) {
 function variable_features_export_render($module, $data) {
   ctools_include('export');
   $schema = ctools_export_get_schema('variable');
-  $code = '  $export = array();'."\n\n";
+  $code = '  $export = array();'."\n";
   $identifier = $schema['export']['identifier'];
 
   $result = db_query("SELECT * FROM {variable} WHERE name IN (" . db_placeholders($data, 'text') . ")", $data);
   while ($object = db_fetch_object($result)) {
     $object = _ctools_export_unpack_object($schema, $object);
     $code .= _ctools_features_export_crud_export('variable', $object, '  ');
-    $code .= "  \$export[" . ctools_var_export($object->name) . "] = \${$identifier};\n\n";
+    $code .= "\n  \$export[" . ctools_var_export($object->name) . "] = \${$identifier};\n";
   }
   $code .= '  return $export;';
   return array($schema['export']['default hook'] => $code);