diff --git a/lib/common/hacks.rb b/lib/common/hacks.rb
index 85d7fb14..47d9c608 100644
--- a/lib/common/hacks.rb
+++ b/lib/common/hacks.rb
@@ -57,15 +57,6 @@ def puts(o = '')
   super(o)
 end
 
-class File
-  # @param [ String ] file_path
-  #
-  # @return [ String ] The charset of the file
-  def self.charset(file_path)
-    %x{file --mime #{file_path}}[%r{charset=([^\n]+)\n}, 1]
-  end
-end
-
 module Terminal
   class Table
     def render
diff --git a/lib/common/models/wp_user/brute_forcable.rb b/lib/common/models/wp_user/brute_forcable.rb
index 2f79e469..ad896815 100644
--- a/lib/common/models/wp_user/brute_forcable.rb
+++ b/lib/common/models/wp_user/brute_forcable.rb
@@ -126,22 +126,15 @@ class WpUser < WpItem
     # Load the passwords from the wordlist, which can be a file path or
     # an array or passwords
     #
-    # File comments are ignored, but will miss passwords if they start with a hash...
-    #
     # @param [ String, Array<String> ] wordlist
     #
     # @return [ Array<String> ]
     def self.passwords_from_wordlist(wordlist)
       if wordlist.is_a?(String)
         passwords = []
-        charset   = File.charset(wordlist).upcase
-        opt       = "r:#{charset}"
-        # To remove warning when charset = UTF-8
-        # Ignoring internal encoding UTF-8: it is identical to external encoding utf-8
-        opt      += ':UTF-8' if charset != 'UTF-8'
 
-        File.open(wordlist, opt).each do |line|
-          passwords << line.strip
+        File.open(wordlist).each do |line|
+          passwords << line.chop
         end
       elsif wordlist.is_a?(Array)
         passwords = wordlist
diff --git a/spec/samples/common/models/wp_user/brute_forcable/wordlist-iso-8859-1.txt b/spec/samples/common/models/wp_user/brute_forcable/wordlist-iso-8859-1.txt
index fdae0605..cb4d8f8b 100644
--- a/spec/samples/common/models/wp_user/brute_forcable/wordlist-iso-8859-1.txt
+++ b/spec/samples/common/models/wp_user/brute_forcable/wordlist-iso-8859-1.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ pa55w0rd
 #comment
 admin
 root
+ spaceafterandbefore 
 kansei£Ô
diff --git a/spec/samples/common/models/wp_user/brute_forcable/wordlist-utf-8.txt b/spec/samples/common/models/wp_user/brute_forcable/wordlist-utf-8.txt
index 2c164467..98040370 100644
--- a/spec/samples/common/models/wp_user/brute_forcable/wordlist-utf-8.txt
+++ b/spec/samples/common/models/wp_user/brute_forcable/wordlist-utf-8.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ pa55w0rd
 #comment
 admin
 root
+ spaceafterandbefore 
 kansei£Ô
diff --git a/spec/shared_examples/wp_user/brute_forcable.rb b/spec/shared_examples/wp_user/brute_forcable.rb
index 7749fc7f..0c41dc52 100644
--- a/spec/shared_examples/wp_user/brute_forcable.rb
+++ b/spec/shared_examples/wp_user/brute_forcable.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ shared_examples 'WpUser::BruteForcable' do
   before { Browser.instance.max_threads = 1 }
 
   describe '::passwords_from_wordlist' do
-    let(:expected)  { %w{password1 pa55w0rd #comment admin root kansei£Ô} }
+    let(:expected)  { %w{password1 pa55w0rd #comment admin root} << ' spaceafterandbefore ' }
     let(:exception) { 'Invalid wordlist, expected String or Array' }
 
     after do
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ shared_examples 'WpUser::BruteForcable' do
         let(:wordlist) { wordlist_iso }
 
         it 'returns the expected passwords' do
-          @expected = expected
+          @expected = expected << "kansei\xA3\xD4"
         end
       end
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ shared_examples 'WpUser::BruteForcable' do
         let(:wordlist) { wordlist_utf8 }
 
         it 'returns the expected passwords' do
-          @expected = expected
+          @expected = expected << 'kansei£Ô'
         end
       end
     end