diff --git a/src/gitinfo.js b/src/gitinfo.js
index 7409a94..9aee418 100644
--- a/src/gitinfo.js
+++ b/src/gitinfo.js
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
+import R from 'ramda';
 import {
     parseRemoteOriginUrl,
-    trim,
     parseIni,
     isGitDirectory,
     findGitPath
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ export default (userConfig: TypeConfig = {}): Object => {
             throw new Error('Cannot read the commit SHA of the current HEAD from the ' + shaFile + '.\n' + err);
         }
 
-        return trim(sha);
+        return R.trim(sha);
     };
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index 03a605d..2228e91 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -114,11 +114,3 @@ export const findGitPath = (startPath: string): string => {
 
     return gitpath;
 };
-
-/**
- * @param value A string to be trimmed.
- * @returns An initial string without leading and trailing spaces, tabs, newlines
- */
-export const trim = (value: string): string => {
-    return value.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');
-};
diff --git a/tests/utils.js b/tests/utils.js
index 430d93f..0f4f1cc 100644
--- a/tests/utils.js
+++ b/tests/utils.js
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ import {
 } from 'chai';
 import {
     findGitPath,
-    parseRemoteOriginUrl,
-    trim
+    parseRemoteOriginUrl
 } from './../src/utils';
 
 describe('utils', () => {
@@ -46,9 +45,4 @@ describe('utils', () => {
             });
         });
     });
-    describe('trim()', () => {
-        it('trims whitespaces, tabs and newlines', () => {
-            expect(trim('  \tsomeText with spaces\n')).to.equal('someText with spaces');
-        });
-    });
 });