diff --git a/modfile/read.go b/modfile/read.go
index de1b982..2d74868 100644
--- a/modfile/read.go
+++ b/modfile/read.go
@@ -877,6 +877,11 @@ func (in *input) parseLineBlock(start Position, token []string, lparen token) *L
 			in.Error(fmt.Sprintf("syntax error (unterminated block started at %s:%d:%d)", in.filename, x.Start.Line, x.Start.LineRune))
 		case ')':
 			rparen := in.lex()
+			// Don't preserve blank lines (denoted by a single empty comment, added above)
+			// at the end of the block.
+			if len(comments) == 1 && comments[0] == (Comment{}) {
+				comments = nil
+			}
 			x.RParen.Before = comments
 			x.RParen.Pos = rparen.pos
 			if !in.peek().isEOL() {
diff --git a/modfile/testdata/issue70632.golden b/modfile/testdata/issue70632.golden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f559879
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modfile/testdata/issue70632.golden
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module tidy
+
+go 1.23.0
+
+require (
+	golang.org/x/time v0.8.0
+)
diff --git a/modfile/testdata/issue70632.in b/modfile/testdata/issue70632.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6e6b93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modfile/testdata/issue70632.in
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+module tidy
+
+go 1.23.0
+
+require (
+
+    "golang.org/x/time" v0.8.0
+
+
+
+
+)