1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/bundler.rb b/lib/bundler.rb
index 6b62ac9b1c..5da316ec4d 100644
--- a/lib/bundler.rb
+++ b/lib/bundler.rb
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ EOF
 
     def read_file(file)
       SharedHelpers.filesystem_access(file, :read) do
-        File.open(file, "rb", &:read)
+        File.open(file, "r:UTF-8", &:read)
       end
     end
 
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ EOF
 
     def load_gemspec_uncached(file, validate = false)
       path = Pathname.new(file)
-      contents = File.open(file, "r:UTF-8", &:read)
+      contents = read_file(file)
       spec = if contents.start_with?("---") # YAML header
         eval_yaml_gemspec(path, contents)
       else