diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/certificates_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/certificates_controller.rb
index bedf5094b..c2b6b5cc9 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/certificates_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/certificates_controller.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class Admin::CertificatesController < AdminController
     crt = certificate_params[:crt].open.read if certificate_params[:crt]
     csr = certificate_params[:csr].open.read if certificate_params[:csr]
 
-    @certificate = @api_user.certificates.build(csr: Certificate.sanitize(csr), crt: Certificate.sanitize(crt))
+    @certificate = @api_user.certificates.build(csr: csr, crt: crt)
     if @api_user.save
       flash[:notice] = I18n.t('record_created')
       redirect_to [:admin, @api_user, @certificate]
diff --git a/app/models/certificate.rb b/app/models/certificate.rb
index f789a00df..b354f87f2 100644
--- a/app/models/certificate.rb
+++ b/app/models/certificate.rb
@@ -132,11 +132,6 @@ class Certificate < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   class << self
-    def sanitize(c)
-      return nil unless c
-      c.gsub("\r", '')
-    end
-
     def update_crl
       update_id_crl
       update_registry_crl