diff --git a/tests/compare_dump_files.c b/tests/compare_dump_files.c
index 37178b13..1f457501 100644
--- a/tests/compare_dump_files.c
+++ b/tests/compare_dump_files.c
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@
  *
  *  Created on: 25 juil. 2011
  *      Author: mickael
- * BASELINE MUST BE GENERATED BY UNIX PLATFORM REGARDING TO THE CRLF PROBLEM
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
+#include <assert.h>
 
 #include "opj_getopt.h"
 
@@ -117,9 +117,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
   test_cmp_parameters inParam;
   FILE *fbase=NULL, *ftest=NULL;
-  int chbase, chtest;
   int same = 1;
-  unsigned long l=1, pos;
+  char lbase[256];
+  char strbase[256];
+  char ltest[256];
+  char strtest[256];
 
   if( parse_cmdline_cmp(argc, argv, &inParam) == 1 )
     {
@@ -150,86 +152,24 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     }
   printf("Ok.\n");
 
-  pos=(unsigned long)ftell(fbase);
-
-  while(!feof(fbase))
+  while (fgets(lbase, sizeof(lbase), fbase) && fgets(ltest,sizeof(ltest),ftest))
     {
-    chbase = fgetc(fbase);
-    if(ferror(fbase))
+    int nbase = sscanf(lbase, "%255[^\r\n]", strbase);
+    int ntest = sscanf(ltest, "%255[^\r\n]", strtest);
+    assert( nbase != 255 && ntest != 255 );
+    if( nbase != 1 || ntest != 1 )
       {
-      printf("Error reading base file.\n");
+      fprintf(stderr, "could not parse line from files\n" );
       goto cleanup;
       }
-
-    chtest = fgetc(ftest);
-    if(ferror(ftest))
+    if( strcmp( strbase, strtest ) != 0 )
       {
-      printf("Error reading test file.\n");
+      fprintf(stderr,"<%s> vs. <%s>\n", strbase, strtest);
       goto cleanup;
       }
-
-    /* CRLF problem (Baseline must be always generated by unix platform)*/
-    if (chbase == '\n' && chtest == '\r')
-      if (fgetc(ftest) == '\n')
-        chtest = '\n';
-
-    if(chbase != chtest)
-      {
-      int nbytes = 2048;
-      int CRLF_shift=1;
-      char *strbase, *strtest, *strbase_d, *strtest_d;
-
-      printf("Files differ at line %lu:\n", l);
-      fseek(fbase,(long)pos,SEEK_SET);
-
-      /* Take into account CRLF characters when we write \n into
-      // dump file when we used WIN platform*/
-#ifdef _WIN32
-      CRLF_shift = 2;
-      fseek(ftest,pos + l - 1,SEEK_SET);
-#else
-      fseek(ftest,(long)pos,SEEK_SET);
-#endif
-
-      strbase = (char *) malloc((size_t)nbytes + 1);
-      strtest = (char *) malloc((size_t)nbytes + 1);
-
-      if (fgets(strbase, nbytes, fbase) == NULL)
-        fprintf(stderr,"\nWARNING: fgets return a NULL value");
-      else
-        {
-        if (fgets(strtest, nbytes, ftest) == NULL)
-          fprintf(stderr,"\nWARNING: fgets return a NULL value");
-        else
-          {
-          strbase_d = (char *) malloc(strlen(strbase)+1);
-          strtest_d = (char *) malloc(strlen(strtest)+1);
-          strncpy(strbase_d, strbase, strlen(strbase)-1);
-          strncpy(strtest_d, strtest, strlen(strtest)-(size_t)CRLF_shift);
-          strbase_d[strlen(strbase)-1] = '\0';
-          strtest_d[strlen(strtest)-(size_t)CRLF_shift] = '\0';
-          printf("<%s> vs. <%s>\n", strbase_d, strtest_d);
-          free(strbase_d);
-          free(strtest_d);
-          }
-        }
-
-      free(strbase);
-      free(strtest);
-
-      same = 0;
-      break;
-      }
-    else
-      {
-      if (chbase == '\n')
-        {
-        l++;
-        pos = (unsigned long)ftell(fbase);
-        }
-      }
     }
 
+  same = 0;
   printf("\n***** TEST SUCCEED: Files are the same. *****\n");
 cleanup:
   /*Close File*/