diff --git a/src/x86/x86.c b/src/x86/x86.c
index a9d05c339..20592f729 100644
--- a/src/x86/x86.c
+++ b/src/x86/x86.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ mraa_x86_platform()
         
         if (file_hold != NULL) {
             if (getline(&line, &len, file_hold) != -1) {
-		
+		line[strcspn(line, "\r\n")] = 0;
                 if (strncmp(line, "ROScube-I", strlen("ROScube-I")) == 0 ) {
                     // includes ROScube-I, ROScube-I ET
                     platform_type = MRAA_ADLINK_ROSCUBE_I;