diff --git a/src/engine/headers.c b/src/engine/headers.c
index 33ec87c04..fec58a51c 100644
--- a/src/engine/headers.c
+++ b/src/engine/headers.c
@@ -147,16 +147,6 @@ LIST * headers1( LIST * l, OBJECT * file, int rec, regexp * re[] )
 
     while ( fgets( buf, sizeof( buf ), f ) )
     {
-        int size = strlen( buf );
-        /* Remove trailing \r and \n, if any. */
-        while ( ( size > 0 ) &&
-            ( buf[ size - 1 ] == '\n' ) &&
-            ( buf[ size - 1 ] == '\r' ) )
-        {
-            buf[ size - 1 ] = '\0';
-            --size;
-        }
-
         for ( i = 0; i < rec; ++i )
             if ( regexec( re[ i ], buf ) && re[ i ]->startp[ 1 ] )
             {