diff --git a/gulp/handlebars.js b/gulp/handlebars.js
index 3109f92bf..482ba68f5 100644
--- a/gulp/handlebars.js
+++ b/gulp/handlebars.js
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ var concat = require('gulp-concat');
 var wrap = require("gulp-wrap");
 var path = require('path');
 var streamqueue = require('streamqueue');
+var stripbom = require('gulp-stripbom');
 
 var paths = require('./paths.js');
-var bom = require('./pipelines/gulp-bom.js');
 
 gulp.task('handlebars', function () {
 
     var coreStream = gulp.src([paths.src.templates, '!*/**/*Partial.*'])
-        .pipe(bom())
+        .pipe(stripbom({ showLog: false }))
         .pipe(handlebars())
         .pipe(declare({
             namespace: 'T',
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ gulp.task('handlebars', function () {
         }));
 
     var partialStream = gulp.src([paths.src.partials])
-        .pipe(bom())
+        .pipe(stripbom({ showLog: false }))
         .pipe(handlebars())
         .pipe(wrap('Handlebars.template(<%= contents %>)'))
         .pipe(wrap('Handlebars.registerPartial(<%= processPartialName(file.relative) %>, <%= contents %>)', {}, {
diff --git a/gulp/pipelines/gulp-bom.js b/gulp/pipelines/gulp-bom.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d49e601a..000000000
--- a/gulp/pipelines/gulp-bom.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-var replace = require('gulp-replace');
-module.exports = function() {
-   return replace(/^\uFEFF/, '');
-};
diff --git a/gulp/stripBom.js b/gulp/stripBom.js
index ff6b610ca..7ee54e230 100644
--- a/gulp/stripBom.js
+++ b/gulp/stripBom.js
@@ -1,22 +1,14 @@
 var gulp = require('gulp');
 var paths = require('./paths.js');
-var bom = require('./pipelines/gulp-bom.js');
-var gulpPrint = require('gulp-print');
-
+var stripbom = require('gulp-stripbom');
 
 var stripBom = function (dest) {
     gulp.src([paths.src.scripts, paths.src.exclude.libs])
-        .pipe(bom())
-        .pipe(gulpPrint(function (filepath) {
-            return "booming: " + filepath;
-        }))
+        .pipe(stripbom({ showLog: false }))
         .pipe(gulp.dest(dest));
 
     gulp.src(paths.src.templates)
-        .pipe(bom())
-        .pipe(gulpPrint(function (filepath) {
-            return "booming: " + filepath;
-        }))
+        .pipe(stripbom({ showLog: false }))
         .pipe(gulp.dest(dest));
 };
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4da1804a2..21ab426e5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     "gulp-less": "2.0.1",
     "gulp-print": "1.1.0",
     "gulp-replace": "0.5.2",
+    "gulp-stripbom": "1.0.4",
     "gulp-run": "1.6.6",
     "gulp-webpack": "1.2.0",
     "gulp-wrap": "0.10.1",