diff --git a/wrap/utilities.cpp b/wrap/utilities.cpp
index 6eb47c55d..9c5d93c76 100644
--- a/wrap/utilities.cpp
+++ b/wrap/utilities.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ using namespace std;
 
 /* ************************************************************************* */
 string file_contents(const string& filename, bool skipheader) {
-  ifstream ifs(filename.c_str(), ios::binary); // Do not do LF/CRLF translation - we always write in binary mode too
+  ifstream ifs(filename.c_str());
   if(!ifs) throw CantOpenFile(filename);
 
   // read file into stringstream