diff --git a/UI/CwCheatScreen.cpp b/UI/CwCheatScreen.cpp
index 17eed7e047..0f6e9a5f55 100644
--- a/UI/CwCheatScreen.cpp
+++ b/UI/CwCheatScreen.cpp
@@ -182,6 +182,18 @@ UI::EventReturn CwCheatScreen::OnEditCheatFile(UI::EventParams &params) {
 	return UI::EVENT_DONE;
 }
 
+static char *GetLineNoNewline(char *temp, int sz, FILE *fp) {
+	char *line = fgets(temp, sz, fp);
+	if (!line)
+		return nullptr;
+
+	// If the last character is \n, just make it the terminator.
+	char *end = line + strlen(line) - 1;
+	if (*end == '\n')
+		*end = '\0';
+	return line;
+}
+
 UI::EventReturn CwCheatScreen::OnImportCheat(UI::EventParams &params) {
 	if (gameID_.length() != 9 || !engine_) {
 		WARN_LOG(COMMON, "CWCHEAT: Incorrect ID(%s) - can't import cheats.", gameID_.c_str());
@@ -195,73 +207,85 @@ UI::EventReturn CwCheatScreen::OnImportCheat(UI::EventParams &params) {
 	std::string cheatFile = GetSysDirectory(DIRECTORY_CHEATS) + "cheat.db";
 	std::string gameID = StringFromFormat("_S %s-%s", gameID_.substr(0, 4).c_str(), gameID_.substr(4).c_str());
 
-	std::fstream fs;
-	File::OpenCPPFile(fs, cheatFile, std::ios::in);
+	FILE *in = File::OpenCFile(cheatFile, "rt");
 
-	if (!fs.is_open()) {
+	if (!in) {
 		WARN_LOG(COMMON, "Unable to open %s\n", cheatFile.c_str());
 	}
 
-	while (fs.good()) {
-		getline(fs, line); // get line from file
-		if (line == gameID) {
-			title.push_back(line);
-			getline(fs, line);
+	char linebuf[2048]{};
+	while (in && !feof(in)) {
+		char *line = GetLineNoNewline(linebuf, sizeof(linebuf), in);
+		if (line && gameID == line) {
 			title.push_back(line);
+			line = GetLineNoNewline(linebuf, sizeof(linebuf), in);
+			if (line)
+				title.push_back(line);
 			do {
 				if (finished == false){
-					getline(fs, line);
+					line = GetLineNoNewline(linebuf, sizeof(linebuf), in);
 				}
-				if (line[0] == '_' && line[1] == 'C') {
+				if (line && line[0] == '_' && line[1] == 'C') {
 					// Test if cheat already exists.
 					for (const auto &existing : fileInfo_) {
-						if (line.substr(4) == existing.name) {
+						if (std::string(line).substr(4) == existing.name) {
 							finished = false;
 							goto loop;
 						}
 					}
 
 					newList.push_back(line);
-					getline(fs, line);
+					line = GetLineNoNewline(linebuf, sizeof(linebuf), in);
 					do {
-						newList.push_back(line);
-						getline(fs, line);
+						if (line)
+							newList.push_back(line);
+						line = GetLineNoNewline(linebuf, sizeof(linebuf), in);
 					} while ((line[0] == '_' && line[1] == 'L') || line[0] == '/' || line[0] == '#');
 					finished = true;
 				} else {
 					continue;
 				}
 			loop:;
-			} while (fs.good() && ((line[0] == '_' && line[1] != 'S') || line[0] == '/' || line[0] == '#'));
+			} while (!feof(in) && ((line[0] == '_' && line[1] != 'S') || line[0] == '/' || line[0] == '#'));
 			finished = true;
 		}
 		if (finished == true)
 			break;
 	}
-	fs.close();
+	fclose(in);
+
 	std::string title2;
-	File::OpenCPPFile(fs, engine_->CheatFilename(), std::ios::in);
-	getline(fs, title2);
-	fs.close();
-	File::OpenCPPFile(fs, engine_->CheatFilename(), std::ios::out | std::ios::app);
+	// Hmm, this probably gets confused about BOMs?
+	FILE *inTitle2 = File::OpenCFile(engine_->CheatFilename(), "rt");
+	if (inTitle2) {
+		char temp[2048];
+		char *line = GetLineNoNewline(temp, sizeof(temp), inTitle2);
+		if (line)
+			title2 = line;
+		fclose(inTitle2);
+	}
+
+	FILE *append = File::OpenCFile(engine_->CheatFilename(), "at");
+	if (!append)
+		return UI::EVENT_SKIPPED;
 
 	auto it = title.begin();
 	if (((title2[0] == '_' && title2[1] != 'S') || title2[0] == '/' || title2[0] == '#') && it != title.end() && (++it) != title.end()) {
-		fs << title[0] << "\n" << title[1];
+		fprintf(append, "%s\n%s", title[0].c_str(), title[1].c_str());
 	}
 
 	NOTICE_LOG(COMMON, "Imported %u entries from %s.\n", (int)newList.size(), cheatFile.c_str());
 	if (newList.size() != 0) {
-		fs << "\n";
+		fputc('\n', append);
 	}
 
 	for (int i = 0; i < (int)newList.size(); i++) {
-		fs << newList[i];
+		fprintf(append, "%s", newList[i].c_str());
 		if (i < (int)newList.size() - 1) {
-			fs << "\n";
+			fputc('\n', append);
 		}
 	}
-	fs.close();
+	fclose(append);
 
 	g_Config.bReloadCheats = true;
 	RecreateViews();
@@ -279,19 +303,23 @@ UI::EventReturn CwCheatScreen::OnCheckBox(int index) {
 }
 
 bool CwCheatScreen::RebuildCheatFile(int index) {
-	std::fstream fs;
-	if (!engine_ || !File::OpenCPPFile(fs, engine_->CheatFilename(), std::ios::in)) {
+	if (!engine_)
+		return false;
+	FILE *in = File::OpenCFile(engine_->CheatFilename(), "rt");
+	if (!in)
 		return false;
-	}
 
 	// In case lines were edited while we weren't looking, reload them.
 	std::vector<std::string> lines;
-	for (; fs && !fs.eof(); ) {
-		std::string line;
-		std::getline(fs, line, '\n');
+	for (; !feof(in); ) {
+		char temp[2048];
+		char *line = GetLineNoNewline(temp, sizeof(temp), in);
+		if (!line)
+			break;
+
 		lines.push_back(line);
 	}
-	fs.close();
+	fclose(in);
 
 	auto updateLine = [&](const CheatFileInfo &info) {
 		// Line numbers start with one, not zero.
@@ -324,17 +352,17 @@ bool CwCheatScreen::RebuildCheatFile(int index) {
 		}
 	}
 
-
-	if (!File::OpenCPPFile(fs, engine_->CheatFilename(), std::ios::out | std::ios::trunc)) {
+	FILE *out = File::OpenCFile(engine_->CheatFilename(), "wt");
+	if (!out) {
 		return false;
 	}
 
 	for (int i = 0; i < lines.size(); ++i) {
-		fs << lines[i];
-		if (i != lines.size()-1)
-			fs << '\n';
+		fprintf(out, "%s", lines[i].c_str());
+		if (i != lines.size() - 1)
+			fputc('\n', out);
 	}
-	fs.close();
+	fclose(out);
 
 	// Cheats will need to be reparsed now.
 	g_Config.bReloadCheats = true;