diff --git a/strip-frames.xsl b/strip-frames.xsl
index 27c28ad0e5a30318831055bd430b32af7cba29d2..f38c89b19d4a4cdcd717cac84ba7fa3756443add 100644
--- a/strip-frames.xsl
+++ b/strip-frames.xsl
@@ -20,15 +20,6 @@
 <xsl:template match="office:automatic-styles">
   <xsl:copy>
     <xsl:apply-templates select="@* | node()"/>
-    <!-- style for placeholder paragraphs -->
-    <xsl:element name="style:style">
-      <xsl:attribute name="style:family">paragraph</xsl:attribute>
-      <xsl:attribute name="style:name">PlaceholderEmptyParagraph</xsl:attribute>
-      <xsl:element name="style:paragraph-properties">
-        <xsl:attribute name="fo:margin">0</xsl:attribute>
-        <xsl:attribute name="fo:line-height">0</xsl:attribute>
-      </xsl:element>
-    </xsl:element>
     <!-- create a derived style for each paragraph we strip from around a frame,
          which should be identical but for having a 0 line height -->
     <xsl:for-each select="//text:p[draw:frame]">
@@ -119,9 +110,6 @@
       <xsl:apply-templates select="."/>
 -->
     </xsl:element>
-    <xsl:element name="text:p">
-      <xsl:attribute name="text:style-name">PlaceholderEmptyParagraph</xsl:attribute>
-    </xsl:element>
 <!--
   </xsl:for-each>
 -->