diff --git a/lib/loadPartials.js b/lib/loadPartials.js
index 280df6c..5f9f4f4 100644
--- a/lib/loadPartials.js
+++ b/lib/loadPartials.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-var path  = require('path');
-var utils = require('./utils');
+var fs       = require('fs');
+var path     = require('path');
+var stripBom = require('strip-bom');
+var utils    = require('./utils');
 
 /**
  * Looks for files with .html, .hbs, or .handlebars extensions within the given directory, and adds them as Handlebars partials matching the name of the file.
@@ -10,7 +12,7 @@ module.exports = function(dir) {
 
   for (var i in partials) {
     var ext = path.extname(partials[i]);
-    var file = utils.readWithoutBOM(partials[i]);
+    var file = stripBom(fs.readFileSync(partials[i]));
     var name = path.basename(partials[i], ext);
 
     this.Handlebars.registerPartial(name, file.toString());
diff --git a/lib/render.js b/lib/render.js
index aefb9f0..ad6e3a2 100644
--- a/lib/render.js
+++ b/lib/render.js
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ var extend = require('deepmerge');
 var fm = require('front-matter');
 var path = require('path');
 var through = require('through2');
+var stripBom = require('strip-bom');
 var processRoot = require('./processRoot');
-var utils = require('./utils');
 
 module.exports = function() {
   return through.obj(render.bind(this));
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ module.exports = function() {
 function render(file, enc, cb) {
   try {
     // Get the HTML for the current page and layout
-    var page = fm(utils.readWithoutBOM(file.path).toString());
+    var page = fm(stripBom(file.contents.toString()));
     var pageData;
 
     // Determine which layout to use
diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index 6c2e57d..5d81148 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -21,22 +21,3 @@ exports.loadFiles = function(dir, pattern) {
 
   return files;
 }
-
-/**
- * Skips over the UTF-8 BOM if it exists in the file
- * @param  {string} path File to load
- * @return {Buffer}      File contents without BOM
- */
-exports.readWithoutBOM = function(path) {
-  var bomBytes = [0xEF, 0xBB, 0xBF];
-  var bomSize = bomBytes.length;
-  var fileData = fs.readFileSync(path);
-  var dataLength = fileData.length;
-  var hasBom = true;
-
-  for (var i = 0; (i < bomSize) && (i < dataLength) && hasBom; ++i) {
-    hasBom = fileData[i] === bomBytes[i];
-  }
-
-  return hasBom ? fileData.slice(bomSize) : fileData;
-}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 000be50..4b1cca5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     "marked": "^0.3.6",
     "nopt": "^4.0.1",
     "slash": "^1.0.0",
+    "strip-bom": "2.0.0",
     "through2": "^2.0.0",
     "vinyl-fs": "^2.4.4"
   },