diff --git a/cron.php b/cron.php
index 7b4ca4a64b6..2610dac31d1 100644
--- a/cron.php
+++ b/cron.php
@@ -29,4 +29,3 @@ module_invoke_all('cron');
 variable_set('cron_busy', false);
 watchdog('cron', t('Cron run completed'));
 
-?>
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index afe3d9cd514..c77f84ba9bf 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -29,4 +29,3 @@ switch ($return) {
 
 drupal_page_footer();
 
-?>
diff --git a/sites/default/settings.php b/sites/default/settings.php
index 92b1f204264..2e4edca4232 100644
--- a/sites/default/settings.php
+++ b/sites/default/settings.php
@@ -125,4 +125,3 @@ ini_set('session.use_trans_sid',    0);
 //  'anonymous' => 'Visitor'
 //);
 
-?>
diff --git a/update.php b/update.php
index 178fdeea4d0..e0272157571 100644
--- a/update.php
+++ b/update.php
@@ -129,4 +129,3 @@ if ($output) {
   print theme('maintenance_page', $output);
 }
 
-?>
diff --git a/xmlrpc.php b/xmlrpc.php
index 7db4acfb379..feab8f05893 100644
--- a/xmlrpc.php
+++ b/xmlrpc.php
@@ -12,4 +12,3 @@ include_once './includes/xmlrpc.inc';
 include_once './includes/xmlrpcs.inc';
 
 xmlrpc_server(module_invoke_all('xmlrpc'));
-?>