--- a/waflib/ConfigSet.py
+++ b/waflib/ConfigSet.py
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ class ConfigSet(object):
 		:type filename: string
 		"""
 		tbl = self.table
-		code = Utils.readf(filename, m='rU')
+		code = Utils.readf(filename, m='r')
 		for m in re_imp.finditer(code):
 			g = m.group
 			tbl[g(2)] = eval(g(3))
--- a/waflib/Context.py
+++ b/waflib/Context.py
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ def load_module(path, encoding=None):
 
 	module = imp.new_module(WSCRIPT_FILE)
 	try:
-		code = Utils.readf(path, m='rU', encoding=encoding)
+		code = Utils.readf(path, m='r', encoding=encoding)
 	except EnvironmentError:
 		raise Errors.WafError('Could not read the file %r' % path)