diff --git a/teckids.sty b/teckids.sty
index 44ad3539ac6d8dffa443acc9e654586aada11d13..14e13dcee41433d6188a9c1efecf0b6c78f1c3d9 100644
--- a/teckids.sty
+++ b/teckids.sty
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@
 	language=python,
 	basicstyle=\ttfamily,
 	upquote=true,
-	aboveskip={1.5\baselineskip},
+	aboveskip={\smallskipamount},
 	columns=fixed,
 	showstringspaces=false,
 	extendedchars=true,