diff --git a/src/functions.sh b/src/functions.sh
index 976a1f58..1c608bae 100644
--- a/src/functions.sh
+++ b/src/functions.sh
@@ -227,37 +227,7 @@ file_to_array () {
 
   [[ ${UNIT_TESTS:-1} -eq 0 ]] && echo "${output[@]}"
 
-  clean_array "$2" "${output[@]}" && return 0
-}
-
-# Function to trim spaces and new lines from array elements
-# https://stackoverflow.com/a/9715377
-# https://stackoverflow.com/a/19347380
-# https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/225517
-# https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/360648
-# $1 - name of a variable where the result array will be stored
-# $@ - source array
-# $? - return value - 0 on success
-clean_array () {
-  [[ $# -le 1 ]] && return 1
-  local output="$1"
-  shift
-  local input=("$@")
-
-  local extglob_state=0
-  if ! shopt -q extglob; then
-    extglob_state=1
-    shopt -s extglob
-  fi
-
-  for i in "${input[@]}"; do
-    local cleaned_item=""
-    cleaned_item=$(printf '%s' "${i##+([[:space:]])}") \
-      && cleaned_item=$(printf '%s' "${cleaned_item%%+([[:space:]])}")
-    eval "${output}"+=\("$(printf '%q' "${cleaned_item}")"\)
-  done
-
-  [[ ${extglob_state} -ne 0 ]] && shopt -u extglob
+  eval "${2}"=\("${output[*]@Q}"\)
 }
 
 # Evaluate if variable contains true value
diff --git a/test/clean_array.bats b/test/clean_array.bats
deleted file mode 100644
index cef3ab71..00000000
--- a/test/clean_array.bats
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-setup_file () {
-  load 'test_helper/common-setup'
-  _common_setup
-}
-
-setup () {
-  load 'test_helper/bats-assert/load'
-  load 'test_helper/bats-support/load'
-}
-
-@test "clean_array() - arguments" {
-  source "${PROJECT_ROOT}/src/functions.sh"
-
-  local cleaned_array=()
-  run clean_array
-  assert_failure 1
-
-  run clean_array "cleaned_array"
-  assert_failure 1
-
-  run clean_array "cleaned_array" "Something"
-  assert_success
-}
-
-@test "clean_array()" {
-  source "${PROJECT_ROOT}/src/functions.sh"
-
-  local cleaned_array=()
-  local el1=$(echo -e "Something1 \n")
-  local el2=$(echo -e "Something2\r ")
-  local el3=$(echo -e "\n Something3 \n")
-  
-  clean_array "cleaned_array" "$el1" "$el2" "$el3"
-  assert_equal "\"${cleaned_array[0]}\"" "\"Something1\""
-  assert_equal "\"${cleaned_array[1]}\"" "\"Something2\""
-  assert_equal "\"${cleaned_array[2]}\"" "\"Something3\""
-}
-
-@test "clean_array() - special characters" {
-  source "${PROJECT_ROOT}/src/functions.sh"
-
-  local cleaned_array=()
-  local el1=$(echo -e "Something1 conf\n")
-  local el2=$(echo -e "Something2 conf\r ")
-  local el3=$(echo -e "\n Something3 conf\n")
-  local el4=$(echo -e "\n Something4\&Something4 conf \n")
-  
-  clean_array "cleaned_array" "$el1" "$el2" "$el3" "$el4"
-  assert_equal "\"${cleaned_array[0]}\"" "\"Something1 conf\""
-  assert_equal "\"${cleaned_array[1]}\"" "\"Something2 conf\""
-  assert_equal "\"${cleaned_array[2]}\"" "\"Something3 conf\""
-  assert_equal "\"${cleaned_array[3]}\"" "\"Something4\&Something4 conf\""
-}