Thank you both. Neither approach removes the blank page with either version 2019.06.11 or 2019.12.06 on Linux. Is there a specific version of ConTeXt required? The code to generate the document resembles: \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided,page=no] \installpagebreakhandler{last}{} \setuplayout[grid=yes] \starttext \startcolumnset[n=2] \input knuth \input lorem \input lorem \input knuth \dorecurse{3}{No TV and no beer make Homer something something.} \stopcolumnset \stoptext The second page remains, regardless of doublesided/singlesided or pagebreakhandler. Henri Menke pointed out that "page-cst.mkiv" contains an explicit line break associated with stoppagegrid: https://github.com/contextgarden/context-mirror/blob/f74c4055713ab52a11d1243... Could this be grid itself be problematic? Cheers!