diff -r 721e468c10f3 -r cf332d440466 test/harness/testcaseio.c
--- a/test/harness/testcaseio.c	Fri Jan 27 21:40:35 2012 +0000
+++ b/test/harness/testcaseio.c	Fri Jan 27 23:59:51 2012 +0000
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 	else if (!testcase->expected && !strcmp(tag,"EXPECTED"))
 	    testcase->expected=g_strdup(text);
 	else if (!testcase->encoding && !strcmp(tag,"ENCODING"))
-	    testcase->encoding=g_strdup(text);
+	    testcase->encoding=g_strchomp(g_strdup(text));
 	else
 	{
 	    fprintf(stderr,"%s: Not a valid testcase (%s)\n",filename,tag);