diff --git a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_engine.hpp b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_engine.hpp
index 640d217e..f405aeab 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_engine.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_engine.hpp
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
 
 
 #include "../dispatchkit/exception_specification.hpp"
-#include "chaiscript_parser.hpp"
 
 namespace chaiscript
 {
@@ -213,7 +212,11 @@ namespace chaiscript
         infile.read(&v[0], static_cast<std::streamsize>(bytes_needed));
         std::string buffer_string(v.begin(), v.end());
 
-        if (chaiscript::parser::detail::Char_Parser_Helper<std::string>::has_utf8_bom(buffer_string)) {
+        if ((buffer_string.size() > 2)
+            && (buffer_string[0] == '\xef')
+            && (buffer_string[1] == '\xbb')
+            && (buffer_string[2] == '\xbf')) {
+
             infile.seekg(3);
             return true;
         }
diff --git a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp
index 26152abd..b24d3179 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp
@@ -114,12 +114,6 @@ namespace chaiscript
           // little SFINAE trick to avoid base class
           return Char_Parser_Helper<std::true_type>::u8str_from_ll(val);
         }
-
-        static bool has_utf8_bom(const std::string &t_input)
-        {
-          //skip UTF-8 BOM
-          return ((t_input.size() > 2) && (t_input[0] == '\xef') && (t_input[1] == '\xbb' && t_input[2] == '\xbf'));
-        }
       };
     }