diff --git a/examples/client_test.cpp b/examples/client_test.cpp
index 18cb0275e..b95fe8479 100644
--- a/examples/client_test.cpp
+++ b/examples/client_test.cpp
@@ -479,10 +479,7 @@ void add_torrent(libtorrent::session& ses
 {
 	using namespace libtorrent;
 
-	std::ifstream in(torrent.c_str(), std::ios_base::binary);
-	in.unsetf(std::ios_base::skipws);
-	entry e = bdecode(std::istream_iterator<char>(in), std::istream_iterator<char>());
-	boost::intrusive_ptr<torrent_info> t(new torrent_info(e));
+	boost::intrusive_ptr<torrent_info> t(new torrent_info(torrent.c_str()));
 
 	std::cout << t->name() << "\n";
 
diff --git a/examples/simple_client.cpp b/examples/simple_client.cpp
index 51d1eab22..fb16570da 100644
--- a/examples/simple_client.cpp
+++ b/examples/simple_client.cpp
@@ -60,11 +60,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 	{
 		session s;
 		s.listen_on(std::make_pair(6881, 6889));
-	
-		std::ifstream in(argv[1], std::ios_base::binary);
-		in.unsetf(std::ios_base::skipws);
-		entry e = bdecode(std::istream_iterator<char>(in), std::istream_iterator<char>());
-		s.add_torrent(torrent_info(e), "./");
+		s.add_torrent(torrent_info(argv[1]), "./");
 
 		// wait for the user to end
 		char a;