https://github.com/apache/steve/blob/fd58009e96050be83058b2ffb4412930031b29a2/pysteve/lib/plugins/fic.py#L50-L52 In the code above, 'cc' is not used, and 'letters' is only used to create 'cc' so the entire block is unused. If mangling is not needed, the entire para should be dropped.