diff --git a/pyglossary/plugins/dict_org_source.py b/pyglossary/plugins/dict_org_source.py
index 7a165fbe5..c0d7922d2 100644
--- a/pyglossary/plugins/dict_org_source.py
+++ b/pyglossary/plugins/dict_org_source.py
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ def open(self, filename: str) -> None:
 		# TODO: add another bool flag to only remove html tags that are not
 		# supported by GtkTextView
 
-	def _defiEscapeFunc(self, defi: str) -> str:
+	@staticmethod
+	def _defiEscapeFunc(defi: str) -> str:
 		return defi.replace("\r", "")
 
 	def write(self) -> "Generator[None, EntryType, None]":
diff --git a/pyglossary/plugins/lingoes_ldf.py b/pyglossary/plugins/lingoes_ldf.py
index b1595d6d8..b6c580667 100644
--- a/pyglossary/plugins/lingoes_ldf.py
+++ b/pyglossary/plugins/lingoes_ldf.py
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ def finish(self) -> None:
 	def open(self, filename: str) -> None:
 		self._filename = filename
 
-	def _defiEscapeFunc(self, defi: str) -> str:
+	@staticmethod
+	def _defiEscapeFunc(defi: str) -> str:
 		return defi.replace("\n", "<br/>")
 
 	def write(self) -> "Generator[None, EntryType, None]":
diff --git a/pyglossary/text_utils.py b/pyglossary/text_utils.py
index 25006bdf5..15e983f17 100644
--- a/pyglossary/text_utils.py
+++ b/pyglossary/text_utils.py
@@ -181,5 +181,3 @@ def replacePostSpaceChar(st: str, ch: str) -> str:
 		.replace(f"{ch}  ", f"{ch} ")
 		.removesuffix(" ")
 	)
-
-