diff --git a/lib/wpscan/vulnerable.rb b/lib/wpscan/vulnerable.rb
index 228149ad..71a9c05c 100644
--- a/lib/wpscan/vulnerable.rb
+++ b/lib/wpscan/vulnerable.rb
@@ -23,12 +23,9 @@ class Vulnerable
 
   # @return an array of WpVulnerability (can be empty)
   def vulnerabilities
+    xml             = Nokogiri::XML(File.open(@vulns_file))
     vulnerabilities = []
 
-    xml = Nokogiri::XML(File.open(@vulns_file)) do |config|
-      config.noblanks
-    end
-
     xml.xpath(@vulns_xpath).each do |node|
       vulnerabilities << WpVulnerability.new(
         node.search('title').text,
diff --git a/lib/wpscan/wp_enumerator.rb b/lib/wpscan/wp_enumerator.rb
index db151b5c..32fc2b24 100644
--- a/lib/wpscan/wp_enumerator.rb
+++ b/lib/wpscan/wp_enumerator.rb
@@ -121,9 +121,7 @@ class WpEnumerator
 
     # Timthumbs have no XML file
     unless type =~ /timthumbs/i
-      xml = Nokogiri::XML(File.open(vulns_file)) do |config|
-        config.noblanks
-      end
+      xml = Nokogiri::XML(File.open(vulns_file))
 
       # We check if the plugin name from the plugin_vulns_file is already in targets, otherwise we add it
       xml.xpath(options[:vulns_xpath_2]).each do |node|
diff --git a/lib/wpscan/wp_version.rb b/lib/wpscan/wp_version.rb
index 3c74a045..535c93f2 100644
--- a/lib/wpscan/wp_version.rb
+++ b/lib/wpscan/wp_version.rb
@@ -146,10 +146,7 @@ class WpVersion < Vulnerable
     version_xml = options[:version_xml] || WP_VERSIONS_FILE # needed for rpsec
     wp_content  = options[:wp_content_dir]
     wp_plugins  = "#{wp_content}/plugins"
-
-    xml = Nokogiri::XML(File.open(version_xml)) do |config|
-      config.noblanks
-    end
+    xml         = Nokogiri::XML(File.open(version_xml))
 
     xml.xpath('//file').each do |node|
       file_src = node.attribute('src').text
diff --git a/lib/wpstools/plugins/checker/checker_plugin.rb b/lib/wpstools/plugins/checker/checker_plugin.rb
index 88af81da..1112b08c 100644
--- a/lib/wpstools/plugins/checker/checker_plugin.rb
+++ b/lib/wpstools/plugins/checker/checker_plugin.rb
@@ -46,9 +46,7 @@ class CheckerPlugin < Plugin
     puts '[+] Checking vulnerabilities reference urls'
 
     vuln_ref_files.each do |vuln_ref_file|
-      xml = Nokogiri::XML(File.open(vuln_ref_file)) do |config|
-        config.noblanks
-      end
+      xml = Nokogiri::XML(File.open(vuln_ref_file))
 
       urls = []
       xml.xpath('//reference').each { |node| urls << node.text }
@@ -113,9 +111,7 @@ class CheckerPlugin < Plugin
 
       puts '[+] Checking for vulnerable files ...'
 
-      xml = Nokogiri::XML(File.open(xml_file)) do |config|
-        config.noblanks
-      end
+      xml = Nokogiri::XML(File.open(xml_file))
 
       xml.xpath('//hash').each do |node|
         sha1sum = node.attribute('sha1').text
diff --git a/lib/wpstools/plugins/stats/stats_plugin.rb b/lib/wpstools/plugins/stats/stats_plugin.rb
index 753604ce..bf89f762 100644
--- a/lib/wpstools/plugins/stats/stats_plugin.rb
+++ b/lib/wpstools/plugins/stats/stats_plugin.rb
@@ -44,32 +44,24 @@ class StatsPlugin < Plugin
     end
   end
 
+  def xml(file)
+    Nokogiri::XML(File.open(file))
+  end
+
   def vuln_plugin_count(file=PLUGINS_VULNS_FILE)
-    xml = Nokogiri::XML(File.open(file)) do |config|
-      config.noblanks
-    end
-    xml.xpath("count(//plugin)").to_i
+    self.xml(file).xpath("count(//plugin)").to_i
   end
 
   def vuln_theme_count(file=THEMES_VULNS_FILE)
-    xml = Nokogiri::XML(File.open(file)) do |config|
-      config.noblanks
-    end
-    xml.xpath("count(//theme)").to_i
+    self.xml(file).xpath("count(//theme)").to_i
   end
 
   def plugin_vulns_count(file=PLUGINS_VULNS_FILE)
-    xml = Nokogiri::XML(File.open(file)) do |config|
-      config.noblanks
-    end
-    xml.xpath("count(//vulnerability)").to_i
+    self.xml(file).xpath("count(//vulnerability)").to_i
   end
 
   def theme_vulns_count(file=THEMES_VULNS_FILE)
-    xml = Nokogiri::XML(File.open(file)) do |config|
-      config.noblanks
-    end
-    xml.xpath("count(//vulnerability)").to_i
+    self.xml(file).xpath("count(//vulnerability)").to_i
   end
 
   def total_plugins(file=PLUGINS_FULL_FILE, xml=PLUGINS_VULNS_FILE)