diff --git a/cli.js b/cli.js
index 6fa698c1..1c09eacb 100644
--- a/cli.js
+++ b/cli.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 module.exports = (() => {
     const env = require('jsdoc/env');
     const logger = require('@jsdoc/logger');
-    const stripBom = require('jsdoc/util/stripbom');
+    const stripBom = require('strip-bom');
     const stripJsonComments = require('strip-json-comments');
     const Promise = require('bluebird');
 
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ module.exports = (() => {
         const path = require('path');
 
         // allow this to throw--something is really wrong if we can't read our own package file
-        const info = JSON.parse( stripBom.strip(fs.readFileSync(path.join(env.dirname, 'package.json'),
-            'utf8')) );
+        const info = JSON.parse(stripBom(fs.readFileSync(path.join(env.dirname, 'package.json'),
+            'utf8')));
 
         env.version = {
             number: info.version,
diff --git a/lib/jsdoc/package.js b/lib/jsdoc/package.js
index 779f84f1..558c5154 100644
--- a/lib/jsdoc/package.js
+++ b/lib/jsdoc/package.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const logger = require('@jsdoc/logger');
-const stripBom = require('jsdoc/util/stripbom');
+const stripBom = require('strip-bom');
 
 /**
  * Provides access to information about a JavaScript package.
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class Package {
         this.kind = 'package';
 
         try {
-            packageInfo = JSON.parse(stripBom.strip(json) || '{}');
+            packageInfo = JSON.parse(stripBom(json) || '{}');
         }
         catch (e) {
             logger.error('Unable to parse the package file: %s', e.message);
diff --git a/lib/jsdoc/tutorial/resolver.js b/lib/jsdoc/tutorial/resolver.js
index 9a06e74a..1f206d26 100644
--- a/lib/jsdoc/tutorial/resolver.js
+++ b/lib/jsdoc/tutorial/resolver.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const env = require('jsdoc/env');
 const fs = require('jsdoc/fs');
 const logger = require('@jsdoc/logger');
 const path = require('path');
-const stripBom = require('jsdoc/util/stripbom');
+const stripBom = require('strip-bom');
 const tutorial = require('jsdoc/tutorial');
 
 // TODO: make this an instance member of `RootTutorial`?
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ exports.load = filepath => {
 
                 // configuration file
                 case 'json':
-                    addTutorialConf(name, JSON.parse(stripBom.strip(content)));
+                    addTutorialConf(name, JSON.parse(stripBom(content)));
 
                     // don't add this as a tutorial
                     return;
diff --git a/lib/jsdoc/util/stripbom.js b/lib/jsdoc/util/stripbom.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 3395f9c2..00000000
--- a/lib/jsdoc/util/stripbom.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Module to strip the leading BOM, if present, from UTF-8 files.
- * @module
- * @private
- */
-
-/**
- * Strip the leading BOM, if present, from a string.
- *
- * @private
- * @param {string} text - The string to strip.
- * @return {string} The stripped string.
- */
-exports.strip = (text = '') => text.replace(/^\uFEFF/, '');
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index edf2eaea..2cc02e30 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -6077,6 +6077,17 @@
         "pify": "^2.0.0",
         "pinkie-promise": "^2.0.0",
         "strip-bom": "^2.0.0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "strip-bom": {
+          "version": "2.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-bom/-/strip-bom-2.0.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-YhmoVhZSBJHzV4i9vxRHqZx+aw4=",
+          "dev": true,
+          "requires": {
+            "is-utf8": "^0.2.0"
+          }
+        }
       }
     },
     "locate-path": {
@@ -9680,13 +9691,9 @@
       }
     },
     "strip-bom": {
-      "version": "2.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-bom/-/strip-bom-2.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-YhmoVhZSBJHzV4i9vxRHqZx+aw4=",
-      "dev": true,
-      "requires": {
-        "is-utf8": "^0.2.0"
-      }
+      "version": "3.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-bom/-/strip-bom-3.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-IzTBjpx1n3vdVv3vfprj1YjmjtM="
     },
     "strip-eof": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6ff361b5..98ec174c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     "marked": "~0.6.0",
     "mkdirp": "~0.5.1",
     "requizzle": "~0.2.1",
+    "strip-bom": "^3.0.0",
     "taffydb": "2.6.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/test/specs/jsdoc/util/stripbom.js b/test/specs/jsdoc/util/stripbom.js
deleted file mode 100644
index aa778f04..00000000
--- a/test/specs/jsdoc/util/stripbom.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-describe('jsdoc/util/stripbom', () => {
-    const stripBom = require('jsdoc/util/stripbom');
-
-    it('should exist', () => {
-        expect(typeof stripBom).toBe('object');
-    });
-
-    it('should export a "strip" method', () => {
-        expect(typeof stripBom.strip).toBe('function');
-    });
-
-    describe('strip', () => {
-        it('should strip the leading BOM when present', () => {
-            const result = stripBom.strip('\uFEFFHello there!');
-
-            expect(result).toBe('Hello there!');
-        });
-
-        it('should not change the text when no leading BOM is present', () => {
-            const result = stripBom.strip('Hello there!');
-
-            expect(result).toBe('Hello there!');
-        });
-
-        it('should return an empty string when the text is null or undefined', () => {
-            expect(stripBom.strip()).toBe('');
-        });
-    });
-});