diff --git a/init/builtins.cpp b/init/builtins.cpp
index 88d6165..9e5f9ff 100644
--- a/init/builtins.cpp
+++ b/init/builtins.cpp
@@ -57,16 +57,13 @@
 
 static int insmod(const char *filename, char *options)
 {
-    std::string module;
     char filename_val[PROP_VALUE_MAX];
-    int ret;
-
-    ret = expand_props(filename_val, filename, sizeof(filename_val));
-    if (ret) {
+    if (expand_props(filename_val, filename, sizeof(filename_val)) == -1) {
         ERROR("insmod: cannot expand '%s'\n", filename);
         return -EINVAL;
     }
 
+    std::string module;
     if (!read_file(filename_val, &module)) {
         return -1;
     }
diff --git a/init/init_parser.cpp b/init/init_parser.cpp
index e5b3b58..df049ed 100644
--- a/init/init_parser.cpp
+++ b/init/init_parser.cpp
@@ -382,13 +382,13 @@
 
 static void parse_config(const char *fn, const std::string& data)
 {
-    struct parse_state state;
     struct listnode import_list;
     struct listnode *node;
     char *args[INIT_PARSER_MAXARGS];
-    int nargs;
 
-    nargs = 0;
+    int nargs = 0;
+
+    parse_state state;
     state.filename = fn;
     state.line = 0;
     state.ptr = strdup(data.c_str());  // TODO: fix this code!
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@
         return false;
     }
 
+    data.push_back('\n'); // TODO: fix parse_config.
     parse_config(path, data);
     dump_parser_state();
 
diff --git a/init/property_service.cpp b/init/property_service.cpp
index a52c41d..0ee0351 100644
--- a/init/property_service.cpp
+++ b/init/property_service.cpp
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@
     Timer t;
     std::string data;
     if (read_file(filename, &data)) {
+        data.push_back('\n');
         load_properties(&data[0], filter);
     }
     NOTICE("(Loading properties from %s took %.2fs.)\n", filename, t.duration());
diff --git a/init/ueventd_parser.cpp b/init/ueventd_parser.cpp
index 7a4841f..497c606 100644
--- a/init/ueventd_parser.cpp
+++ b/init/ueventd_parser.cpp
@@ -193,10 +193,10 @@
 
 static void parse_config(const char *fn, const std::string& data)
 {
-    struct parse_state state;
     char *args[UEVENTD_PARSER_MAXARGS];
-    int nargs;
-    nargs = 0;
+
+    int nargs = 0;
+    parse_state state;
     state.filename = fn;
     state.line = 1;
     state.ptr = strdup(data.c_str());  // TODO: fix this code!
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@
         return -1;
     }
 
+    data.push_back('\n'); // TODO: fix parse_config.
     parse_config(fn, data);
     dump_parser_state();
     return 0;
diff --git a/init/util.cpp b/init/util.cpp
index 5964267..9c62f68 100644
--- a/init/util.cpp
+++ b/init/util.cpp
@@ -172,9 +172,6 @@
 
     bool okay = android::base::ReadFdToString(fd, content);
     TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(close(fd));
-    if (okay) {
-        content->append("\n", 1);
-    }
     return okay;
 }
 
@@ -460,4 +457,3 @@
         android::base::StringAppendF(&hex, "%02x", bytes[i]);
     return hex;
 }
-