diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Markdown.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Markdown.hs
index b67a30853..dc30e17ed 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Markdown.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Markdown.hs
@@ -1142,7 +1142,6 @@ pipeTable = try $ do
 
                           return (row, als) )
   lines' <- sequence <$> many1 pipeTableRow
-  blanklines
   let widths = replicate (length aligns) 0.0
   return $ (aligns, widths, heads, lines')