diff --git a/pkg/crc/cluster/cluster.go b/pkg/crc/cluster/cluster.go
index e575c09e65..484f5d3ae7 100644
--- a/pkg/crc/cluster/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/crc/cluster/cluster.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/crc-org/crc/pkg/crc/ssh"
 	crctls "github.com/crc-org/crc/pkg/crc/tls"
 	"github.com/crc-org/crc/pkg/crc/validation"
+	crcstrings "github.com/crc-org/crc/pkg/strings"
 	"github.com/pborman/uuid"
 )
 
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ func EnsureSSHKeyPresentInTheCluster(ctx context.Context, ocConfig oc.Config, ss
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	sshPublicKey := strings.TrimRight(string(sshPublicKeyByte), "\r\n")
+	sshPublicKey := crcstrings.TrimTrailingEOL(string(sshPublicKeyByte))
 	if err := WaitForOpenshiftResource(ctx, ocConfig, "machineconfigs"); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/crc/network/httpproxy/proxy.go b/pkg/crc/network/httpproxy/proxy.go
index 0ecca07948..0dd5de78a0 100644
--- a/pkg/crc/network/httpproxy/proxy.go
+++ b/pkg/crc/network/httpproxy/proxy.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/crc-org/crc/pkg/crc/logging"
 
 	"github.com/asaskevich/govalidator"
+	crcstrings "github.com/crc-org/crc/pkg/strings"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"golang.org/x/net/http/httpproxy"
 )
@@ -47,11 +48,7 @@ func readProxyCAData(proxyCAFile string) (string, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-	return trimTrailingEOL(string(proxyCACert)), nil
-}
-
-func trimTrailingEOL(s string) string {
-	return strings.TrimRight(s, "\r\n")
+	return crcstrings.TrimTrailingEOL(string(proxyCACert)), nil
 }
 
 func NewProxyDefaults(httpProxy, httpsProxy, noProxy, proxyCAFile string) (*ProxyConfig, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/crc/network/httpproxy/proxy_test.go b/pkg/crc/network/httpproxy/proxy_test.go
index ec048a10e5..054dd1b5bc 100644
--- a/pkg/crc/network/httpproxy/proxy_test.go
+++ b/pkg/crc/network/httpproxy/proxy_test.go
@@ -15,15 +15,3 @@ func TestValidateProxyURL(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.EqualError(t, ValidateProxyURL("company.com:8080", true), "HTTPS proxy URL 'company.com:8080' is not valid: url should start with http:// or https://")
 	assert.EqualError(t, ValidateProxyURL("https://company.com", false), "HTTP proxy URL 'https://company.com' is not valid: url should start with http://")
 }
-func TestTrimTrailingEOL(t *testing.T) {
-	assert.Equal(t, "foo\nbar", trimTrailingEOL("foo\nbar\n"))
-	assert.Equal(t, "foo", trimTrailingEOL("foo\n"))
-	assert.Equal(t, "foo", trimTrailingEOL("foo\r\n"))
-	assert.Equal(t, "foo\r\nbar", trimTrailingEOL("foo\r\nbar\r\n"))
-	assert.Equal(t, "foo\r\nbar", trimTrailingEOL("foo\r\nbar\r\n\r\n"))
-	assert.Equal(t, "foo\nbar", trimTrailingEOL("foo\nbar\n\n"))
-	assert.Equal(t, "foo\nbar", trimTrailingEOL("foo\nbar\n\n\n"))
-	assert.Equal(t, "", trimTrailingEOL("\r\n"))
-	assert.Equal(t, "", trimTrailingEOL("\n"))
-	assert.Equal(t, "", trimTrailingEOL(""))
-}
diff --git a/pkg/strings/strings.go b/pkg/strings/strings.go
index 9ea191298b..28af3b79c0 100644
--- a/pkg/strings/strings.go
+++ b/pkg/strings/strings.go
@@ -34,3 +34,7 @@ func FirstLine(input string) string {
 
 	return lines[0]
 }
+
+func TrimTrailingEOL(s string) string {
+	return strings.TrimRight(s, "\r\n")
+}
diff --git a/pkg/strings/strings_test.go b/pkg/strings/strings_test.go
index 83729c70ab..08c37e931a 100644
--- a/pkg/strings/strings_test.go
+++ b/pkg/strings/strings_test.go
@@ -136,3 +136,16 @@ func TestFirstLine(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 }
+
+func TestTrimTrailingEOL(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "foo\nbar", TrimTrailingEOL("foo\nbar\n"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "foo", TrimTrailingEOL("foo\n"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "foo", TrimTrailingEOL("foo\r\n"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "foo\r\nbar", TrimTrailingEOL("foo\r\nbar\r\n"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "foo\r\nbar", TrimTrailingEOL("foo\r\nbar\r\n\r\n"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "foo\nbar", TrimTrailingEOL("foo\nbar\n\n"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "foo\nbar", TrimTrailingEOL("foo\nbar\n\n\n"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "", TrimTrailingEOL("\r\n"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "", TrimTrailingEOL("\n"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "", TrimTrailingEOL(""))
+}
diff --git a/test/extended/util/checks.go b/test/extended/util/checks.go
index eaca6fec8b..6673860088 100644
--- a/test/extended/util/checks.go
+++ b/test/extended/util/checks.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
+	crcstrings "github.com/crc-org/crc/pkg/strings"
 	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ func CompareExpectedWithActualNotMatchesRegex(notexpected string, actual string)
 }
 
 func CheckFormat(format string, actual string) error {
-	actual = strings.TrimRight(actual, "\n")
+	actual = crcstrings.TrimTrailingEOL(actual)
 	var err error
 	switch format {
 	case "URL":