diff --git a/crates/oxc_formatter/src/formatter/source_text.rs b/crates/oxc_formatter/src/formatter/source_text.rs
index 93f44820ca26b..8cf8ffdb9ecf6 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_formatter/src/formatter/source_text.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_formatter/src/formatter/source_text.rs
@@ -129,13 +129,24 @@ impl<'a> SourceText<'a> {
         self.text_for(&span).chars().count()
     }
 
-    /// Count consecutive line breaks after position
+    /// Count consecutive line breaks after position, returning `0` if only whitespace follows
     pub fn lines_after(&self, end: u32) -> usize {
-        self.slice_from(end)
-            .chars()
-            .filter(|&c| !is_white_space_single_line(c))
-            .take_while(|&c| is_line_terminator(c))
-            .count()
+        let mut count = 0;
+        for char in self.slice_from(end).chars() {
+            if is_white_space_single_line(char) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if is_line_terminator(char) {
+                count += 1;
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            return count;
+        }
+
+        // No non-whitespace characters found after position, so return `0` to avoid adding extra new lines
+        0
     }
 
     /// Count line breaks between syntax nodes, considering comments and parentheses
@@ -146,7 +157,7 @@ impl<'a> SourceText<'a> {
 
         // Should skip the leading comments of the node.
         if let Some(comment) = comments.first()
-            && comment.span.end < start
+            && comment.span.end <= start
         {
             start = comment.span.start;
         }
@@ -188,7 +199,7 @@ impl<'a> SourceText<'a> {
             count += 1;
         }
 
-        count
+        0
     }
 
     pub fn is_own_line_comment(&self, comment: &Comment) -> bool {
diff --git a/crates/oxc_formatter/src/write/program.rs b/crates/oxc_formatter/src/write/program.rs
index 447812c5dccfe..bb82f3435c4e5 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_formatter/src/write/program.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_formatter/src/write/program.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use oxc_syntax::identifier::{ZWNBSP, is_line_terminator};
 
 use crate::{
     Buffer, Format, FormatResult, FormatTrailingCommas, TrailingSeparator, format_args,
-    formatter::{prelude::*, separated::FormatSeparatedIter, trivia::FormatTrailingComments},
+    formatter::{prelude::*, trivia::FormatTrailingComments},
     generated::ast_nodes::{AstNode, AstNodes},
     utils::{
         call_expression::is_test_call_expression,
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ impl<'a> FormatWrite<'a> for AstNode<'a, Program<'a>> {
     fn write(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_, 'a>) -> FormatResult<()> {
         let format_trailing_comments = format_once(|f| {
             let comments = f.context().comments().comments_before(self.span.end);
-            FormatTrailingComments::Comments(comments).fmt(f)
+            write!(f, FormatTrailingComments::Comments(comments))
         });
 
         write!(
@@ -112,19 +112,8 @@ impl<'a> Format<'a> for AstNode<'a, Vec<'a, Directive<'a>>> {
         // }
         //```
         // so we should keep an extra empty line after JsDirectiveList
-        let source_text = f.context().source_text();
-        let mut count = 0;
-        let mut source_text_chars = source_text.slice_from(last_directive.span.end).chars();
-        for char in source_text_chars.by_ref() {
-            if is_line_terminator(char) {
-                count += 1;
-            } else if !char.is_whitespace() {
-                break;
-            }
-        }
 
-        // Need an extra empty line if it has the following line and still has non-characters after whitespace.
-        let need_extra_empty_line = source_text_chars.next().is_some() && count > 1;
+        let need_extra_empty_line = f.source_text().lines_after(last_directive.span.end) > 1;
         write!(f, if need_extra_empty_line { empty_line() } else { hard_line_break() })
     }
 }