diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index e5c24fc..e2b793e 100755
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@ export function parse(text, ...args) {
     const reviver = args.length > 1 || !firstOptions ? args[0] : undefined;
     const options = (args.length > 1 && args[1]) || firstOptions || {};
 
-    // Strip a leading UTF-8 BOM
-    if (typeof text === 'string' && text.charCodeAt(0) === 0xfeff) {
-        text = text.slice(1);
-    }
-
     // Parse normally, allowing exceptions
 
     const obj = JSON.parse(text, reviver);
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index 411004e..19dc0d3 100755
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -91,10 +91,6 @@ describe('Bourne', () => {
             );
         });
 
-        it('ignores leading BOM', () => {
-            expect(Bourne.parse('\uFEFF{"a": 5, "b": 6}')).toEqual({ a: 5, b: 6 });
-        });
-
         it('errors on proto property (unicode)', () => {
             expect(() => Bourne.parse('{ "a": 5, "b": 6, "\\u005f_proto__": { "x": 7 } }')).toThrow(SyntaxError);
             expect(() => Bourne.parse('{ "a": 5, "b": 6, "_\\u005fp\\u0072oto__": { "x": 7 } }')).toThrow(SyntaxError);