diff --git a/spotbugs-exclude.xml b/spotbugs-exclude.xml
index 3f87cfef8..0e8a67c73 100644
--- a/spotbugs-exclude.xml
+++ b/spotbugs-exclude.xml
@@ -104,9 +104,6 @@
-
-
-
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/ciphers/HillCipher.java b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/ciphers/HillCipher.java
index a858eb402..14b98b3cc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/ciphers/HillCipher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/ciphers/HillCipher.java
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ public final class HillCipher {
// Function to implement Hill Cipher
static void hillCipher(String message) {
- message.toUpperCase();
System.out.println("What do you want to process from the message?");
System.out.println("Press 1: To Encrypt");
System.out.println("Press 2: To Decrypt");