diff --git a/kdecore/services/kmimetyperepository.cpp b/kdecore/services/kmimetyperepository.cpp
index 08a28f9f..057102db 100644
--- a/kdecore/services/kmimetyperepository.cpp
+++ b/kdecore/services/kmimetyperepository.cpp
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ QStringList KMimeTypeRepository::parents(const QString& mime)
             //kDebug(7021) << "Now parsing" << fileName;
             if (qfile.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
                 while (!qfile.atEnd()) {
-                    const QByteArray line = qfile.readLine();
+                    const QByteArray line = qfile.readLine().trimmed();
                     if (line.isEmpty() || line[0] == '#')
                         continue;
                     const int pos = line.indexOf(' ');
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ const KMimeTypeRepository::AliasesMap& KMimeTypeRepository::aliases()
         //kDebug(7021) << "Now parsing" << fileName;
         if (qfile.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
             while (!qfile.atEnd()) {
-                const QByteArray line = qfile.readLine();
+                const QByteArray line = qfile.readLine().trimmed();
                 if (line.isEmpty() || line[0] == '#')
                     continue;
                 const int pos = line.indexOf(' ');
diff --git a/kdeui/icons/kiconloader.cpp b/kdeui/icons/kiconloader.cpp
index 1599483e..21df3eeb 100644
--- a/kdeui/icons/kiconloader.cpp
+++ b/kdeui/icons/kiconloader.cpp
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ void KIconLoaderGlobalData::parseGenericIconsFiles(const QString& fileName)
     QFile file(fileName);
     if (file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
         while (!file.atEnd()) {
-            const QByteArray line = file.readLine();
+            const QByteArray line = file.readLine().trimmed();
             if (line.isEmpty() || line[0] == '#')
                 continue;
             const int pos = line.indexOf(':');