diff --git a/client_http.hpp b/client_http.hpp
index 11ad753..bb7bcb2 100644
--- a/client_http.hpp
+++ b/client_http.hpp
@@ -656,7 +656,6 @@ namespace SimpleWeb {
           std::string line;
           getline(istream, line);
           bytes_transferred -= line.size() + 1;
-          line.pop_back();
           unsigned long length = 0;
           try {
             length = stoul(line, 0, 16);
diff --git a/server_http.hpp b/server_http.hpp
index 718a6b7..18de816 100644
--- a/server_http.hpp
+++ b/server_http.hpp
@@ -634,7 +634,6 @@ namespace SimpleWeb {
           std::string line;
           getline(istream, line);
           bytes_transferred -= line.size() + 1;
-          line.pop_back();
           unsigned long length = 0;
           try {
             length = stoul(line, 0, 16);