Index: kernel/generic/include/byteorder.h
===================================================================
--- kernel/generic/include/byteorder.h	(revision 98000fb4ea6015506f059c9b121e417ce991ecfd)
+++ kernel/generic/include/byteorder.h	(revision 1cab2f41d3b3a29bc963530c32633b36bad078ab)
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@
  */
 
-/** @addtogroup generic	
+/** @addtogroup generic
  * @{
  */
@@ -36,46 +36,45 @@
 #define KERN_BYTEORDER_H_
 
-#include <arch/byteorder.h>
 #include <arch/types.h>
 
-#if !(defined(ARCH_IS_BIG_ENDIAN) ^ defined(ARCH_IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN))
-#error The architecture must be either big-endian or little-endian.
+#if !(defined(__BE__) ^ defined(__LE__))
+	#error The architecture must be either big-endian or little-endian.
 #endif
 
-#ifdef ARCH_IS_BIG_ENDIAN
+#ifdef __BE__
 
-#define uint16_t_le2host(n)		uint16_t_byteorder_swap(n)
-#define uint32_t_le2host(n)		uint32_t_byteorder_swap(n)
-#define uint64_t_le2host(n)		uint64_t_byteorder_swap(n)
+#define uint16_t_le2host(n)  (uint16_t_byteorder_swap(n))
+#define uint32_t_le2host(n)  (uint32_t_byteorder_swap(n))
+#define uint64_t_le2host(n)  (uint64_t_byteorder_swap(n))
 
-#define uint16_t_be2host(n)		(n)
-#define uint32_t_be2host(n)		(n)
-#define uint64_t_be2host(n)		(n)
+#define uint16_t_be2host(n)  (n)
+#define uint32_t_be2host(n)  (n)
+#define uint64_t_be2host(n)  (n)
 
-#define host2uint16_t_le(n)		uint16_t_byteorder_swap(n)
-#define host2uint32_t_le(n)		uint32_t_byteorder_swap(n)
-#define host2uint64_t_le(n)		uint64_t_byteorder_swap(n)
+#define host2uint16_t_le(n)  (uint16_t_byteorder_swap(n))
+#define host2uint32_t_le(n)  (uint32_t_byteorder_swap(n))
+#define host2uint64_t_le(n)  (uint64_t_byteorder_swap(n))
 
-#define host2uint16_t_be(n)		(n)
-#define host2uint32_t_be(n)		(n)
-#define host2uint64_t_be(n)		(n)
+#define host2uint16_t_be(n)  (n)
+#define host2uint32_t_be(n)  (n)
+#define host2uint64_t_be(n)  (n)
 
 #else
 
-#define uint16_t_le2host(n)		(n)
-#define uint32_t_le2host(n)		(n)
-#define uint64_t_le2host(n)		(n)
+#define uint16_t_le2host(n)  (n)
+#define uint32_t_le2host(n)  (n)
+#define uint64_t_le2host(n)  (n)
 
-#define uint16_t_be2host(n)		uint16_t_byteorder_swap(n)
-#define uint32_t_be2host(n)		uint32_t_byteorder_swap(n)
-#define uint64_t_be2host(n)		uint64_t_byteorder_swap(n)
+#define uint16_t_be2host(n)  (uint16_t_byteorder_swap(n))
+#define uint32_t_be2host(n)  (uint32_t_byteorder_swap(n))
+#define uint64_t_be2host(n)  (uint64_t_byteorder_swap(n))
 
-#define host2uint16_t_le(n)		(n)
-#define host2uint32_t_le(n)		(n)
-#define host2uint64_t_le(n)		(n)
+#define host2uint16_t_le(n)  (n)
+#define host2uint32_t_le(n)  (n)
+#define host2uint64_t_le(n)  (n)
 
-#define host2uint16_t_be(n)		uint16_t_byteorder_swap(n)
-#define host2uint32_t_be(n)		uint32_t_byteorder_swap(n)
-#define host2uint64_t_be(n)		uint64_t_byteorder_swap(n)
+#define host2uint16_t_be(n)  (uint16_t_byteorder_swap(n))
+#define host2uint32_t_be(n)  (uint32_t_byteorder_swap(n))
+#define host2uint64_t_be(n)  (uint64_t_byteorder_swap(n))
 
 #endif
Index: kernel/generic/include/string.h
===================================================================
--- kernel/generic/include/string.h	(revision 98000fb4ea6015506f059c9b121e417ce991ecfd)
+++ kernel/generic/include/string.h	(revision 1cab2f41d3b3a29bc963530c32633b36bad078ab)
@@ -58,6 +58,4 @@
 #define U_CURSOR       0x2588
 
-#define U_BOM          0xfeff
-
 /**< No size limit constant */
 #define STR_NO_LIMIT  ((size_t) -1)
Index: kernel/generic/src/printf/printf_core.c
===================================================================
--- kernel/generic/src/printf/printf_core.c	(revision 98000fb4ea6015506f059c9b121e417ce991ecfd)
+++ kernel/generic/src/printf/printf_core.c	(revision 1cab2f41d3b3a29bc963530c32633b36bad078ab)
@@ -302,7 +302,4 @@
 	if (str == NULL)
 		return printf_putstr(nullstr, ps);
-	
-	if (*str == U_BOM)
-		str++;
 	
 	/* Print leading spaces. */