diff --git a/sourcemm/msvc7/sourcemm.vcproj b/sourcemm/msvc7/sourcemm.vcproj
index 556c859..59411fe 100644
--- a/sourcemm/msvc7/sourcemm.vcproj
+++ b/sourcemm/msvc7/sourcemm.vcproj
@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@
 				OmitFramePointers="TRUE"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;SOURCEMM_EXPORTS"
 				StringPooling="TRUE"
-				ExceptionHandling="TRUE"
-				RuntimeLibrary="4"
 				BufferSecurityCheck="FALSE"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
diff --git a/sourcemm/msvc8/sourcemm.vcproj b/sourcemm/msvc8/sourcemm.vcproj
index 615c8d1..5639291 100644
--- a/sourcemm/msvc8/sourcemm.vcproj
+++ b/sourcemm/msvc8/sourcemm.vcproj
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@
 				OmitFramePointers="true"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;SOURCEMM_EXPORTS;_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE"
 				StringPooling="true"
-				ExceptionHandling="1"
 				RuntimeLibrary="0"
 				BufferSecurityCheck="false"
 				RuntimeTypeInfo="false"
diff --git a/sourcemm/sourcemm.cpp b/sourcemm/sourcemm.cpp
index 92e84d5..79b6f06 100644
--- a/sourcemm/sourcemm.cpp
+++ b/sourcemm/sourcemm.cpp
@@ -277,7 +277,6 @@ SMM_API void *CreateInterface(const char *iface, int *ret)
 
 		char buffer[255];
 		char key[128], val[128];
-		size_t len = 0;
 		bool search = false;
 		bool gamebin = false;
 		char *ptr;
@@ -290,9 +289,6 @@ SMM_API void *CreateInterface(const char *iface, int *ret)
 		{
 			buffer[0] = '\0';
 			fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), fp);
-			len = strlen(buffer);
-			if (buffer[len-1] == '\n')
-				buffer[--len] = '\0';
 			UTIL_TrimComments(buffer);
 			UTIL_TrimLeft(buffer);
 			UTIL_TrimRight(buffer);