diff --git a/core/Translator.cpp b/core/Translator.cpp
index eb6bc92e..938ad8af 100644
--- a/core/Translator.cpp
+++ b/core/Translator.cpp
@@ -729,20 +729,7 @@ void Translator::OnSourceModAllInitialized()
 
 	unsigned int id;
 
-	//backwards compatibility shim
-	/* hack -- if core.cfg exists, exec it instead. */
-	char path[PLATFORM_MAX_PATH];
-	g_SourceMod.BuildPath(Path_SM, path, sizeof(path), "translations/core.cfg");
-	
-	if (g_LibSys.PathExists(path))
-	{
-		id = FindOrAddPhraseFile("core.cfg");
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		id = FindOrAddPhraseFile("core.phrases.txt");
-	}
-
+	id = FindOrAddPhraseFile("core.phrases.txt");
 	g_pCorePhraseID = id;
 	g_pCorePhrases = GetFileByIndex(id);
 }
diff --git a/core/smn_bitbuffer.cpp b/core/smn_bitbuffer.cpp
index fe8479a7..7db96957 100644
--- a/core/smn_bitbuffer.cpp
+++ b/core/smn_bitbuffer.cpp
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ static cell_t smn_BfReadString(IPluginContext *pCtx, const cell_t *params)
 	}
 
 	pCtx->LocalToPhysAddr(params[2], (cell_t **)&buf);
-	pBitBuf->ReadString(buf, params[3], params[4], &numChars);
+	pBitBuf->ReadString(buf, params[3], params[4] ? true : false, &numChars);
 
 	if (pBitBuf->IsOverflowed())
 	{