diff --git a/account_manager/src/common.rs b/account_manager/src/common.rs
index 529d3991e0..195f8c5d17 100644
--- a/account_manager/src/common.rs
+++ b/account_manager/src/common.rs
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ pub fn strip_off_newlines(mut bytes: Vec<u8>) -> Vec<u8> {
         }
     }
     bytes.truncate(bytes.len() - strip_off);
-
-    bytes.to_vec()
+    bytes
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/account_manager/src/validator/create.rs b/account_manager/src/validator/create.rs
index 429110743b..d3379e583b 100644
--- a/account_manager/src/validator/create.rs
+++ b/account_manager/src/validator/create.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::{
-    common::{ensure_dir_exists, random_password},
+    common::{ensure_dir_exists, random_password, strip_off_newlines},
     SECRETS_DIR_FLAG, VALIDATOR_DIR_FLAG,
 };
 use clap::{App, Arg, ArgMatches};
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ pub fn cli_run<T: EthSpec>(
 
     let wallet_password = fs::read(&wallet_password_path)
         .map_err(|e| format!("Unable to read {:?}: {:?}", wallet_password_path, e))
-        .map(|bytes| PlainText::from(bytes))?;
+        .map(|bytes| PlainText::from(strip_off_newlines(bytes)))?;
 
     let mgr = WalletManager::open(&wallet_base_dir)
         .map_err(|e| format!("Unable to open --{}: {:?}", BASE_DIR_FLAG, e))?;
diff --git a/account_manager/src/wallet/create.rs b/account_manager/src/wallet/create.rs
index b6c43e0b27..53bfc5693b 100644
--- a/account_manager/src/wallet/create.rs
+++ b/account_manager/src/wallet/create.rs
@@ -107,10 +107,7 @@ pub fn cli_run(matches: &ArgMatches, base_dir: PathBuf) -> Result<(), String> {
 
     let wallet_password = fs::read(&wallet_password_path)
         .map_err(|e| format!("Unable to read {:?}: {:?}", wallet_password_path, e))
-        .map(|bytes| {
-            let bytes = strip_off_newlines(bytes);
-            PlainText::from(bytes)
-        })?;
+        .map(|bytes| PlainText::from(strip_off_newlines(bytes)))?;
 
     let wallet = mgr
         .create_wallet(name, wallet_type, &mnemonic, wallet_password.as_bytes())