diff --git a/docs/news.xml b/docs/news.xml
index 21807f26d3..86c7734694 100644
--- a/docs/news.xml
+++ b/docs/news.xml
@@ -701,8 +701,6 @@
         </description>
       </change>
     </section>
-    <section title="Improvements">
-    </section>
     <section title="Bug fixes">
       <change>
         <summary>
@@ -1010,8 +1008,6 @@
         </description>
       </change>
     </section>
-    <section title="Bug fixes">
-    </section>
   </release>
   <release version="v4.5.0" date="2018-07-02">
     <section title="New features">
@@ -1325,8 +1321,6 @@
         </description>
       </change>
     </section>
-    <section title="Bug fixes">
-    </section>
   </release>
   <release version="v4.3.0" date="2018-05-02">
     <section title="New features">