diff --git a/src/utils/formats/bam.rs b/src/utils/formats/bam.rs
index 7e64334..3fcae7c 100644
--- a/src/utils/formats/bam.rs
+++ b/src/utils/formats/bam.rs
@@ -105,8 +105,7 @@ where
     // (3) Parse the header and reference sequences.
     debug!("parsing the header and reference sequences");
     let raw_header = reader.read_header().with_context(|| "reading BAM header")?;
-    let parsed_header =
-        super::sam::parse_header(raw_header.clone()).with_context(|| "parsing BAM header")?;
+    let parsed_header = raw_header.parse().with_context(|| "parsing BAM header")?;
     let reference_sequences = reader
         .read_reference_sequences()
         .with_context(|| "reading BAM reference sequences")?;
@@ -209,8 +208,7 @@ where
         .read_header()
         .await
         .with_context(|| "reading BAM header")?;
-    let parsed_header =
-        super::sam::parse_header(raw_header.clone()).with_context(|| "parsing BAM header")?;
+    let parsed_header = raw_header.parse().with_context(|| "parsing BAM header")?;
     let reference_sequences = reader
         .read_reference_sequences()
         .await
diff --git a/src/utils/formats/cram.rs b/src/utils/formats/cram.rs
index 69a7853..78bcf48 100644
--- a/src/utils/formats/cram.rs
+++ b/src/utils/formats/cram.rs
@@ -102,8 +102,7 @@ where
     let raw_header = reader
         .read_file_header()
         .with_context(|| "reading CRAM header")?;
-    let parsed_header =
-        super::sam::parse_header(raw_header.clone()).with_context(|| "parsing CRAM header")?;
+    let parsed_header = raw_header.parse().with_context(|| "parsing CRAM header")?;
 
     // (4) Return the result.
     Ok(ParsedCRAMFile {
@@ -207,8 +206,7 @@ where
         .read_file_header()
         .await
         .with_context(|| "reading CRAM header")?;
-    let parsed_header =
-        super::sam::parse_header(raw_header.clone()).with_context(|| "parsing CRAM header")?;
+    let parsed_header = raw_header.parse().with_context(|| "parsing CRAM header")?;
 
     // (4) Return the result.
     Ok(ParsedAsyncCRAMFile {
diff --git a/src/utils/formats/sam.rs b/src/utils/formats/sam.rs
index ea51bdb..ebde96d 100644
--- a/src/utils/formats/sam.rs
+++ b/src/utils/formats/sam.rs
@@ -6,44 +6,12 @@ use std::path::Path;
 use anyhow::bail;
 use anyhow::Context;
 use noodles::sam;
-use regex::Captures;
-use regex::Regex;
 use tracing::debug;
 
 use crate::utils::formats::utils::RawAndParsedHeaders;
 
 use super::BioinformaticsFileFormat;
 
-//=================//
-// Utility Methods //
-//=================//
-
-/// Corrects common header mistakes. See the inline comments for the things that
-/// are automatically corrected.
-pub fn correct_common_header_mistakes(header: String) -> String {
-    // (1) Corrects any lowercase platform units in the read group to be all
-    // uppercase. This is especially important for data that contains 'illumina'
-    // instead of the correct 'ILLUMINA'.
-    let pattern = Regex::new("(\tPL:)(.+)").unwrap();
-    let replaced = pattern.replace_all(&header, |c: &Captures<'_>| {
-        format!("{}{}", &c[1], c[2].to_uppercase())
-    });
-
-    replaced.to_string()
-}
-
-/// Parses a SAM/BAM/CRAM header from a string while also correcting common
-/// header mistakes.
-pub fn parse_header(header: String) -> anyhow::Result<sam::Header> {
-    let header_raw_corrected = correct_common_header_mistakes(header);
-
-    let header = header_raw_corrected
-        .parse()
-        .with_context(|| "could not parse SAM/BAM/CRAM header")?;
-
-    Ok(header)
-}
-
 //====================================//
 // Sequence Alignment Map (SAM) files //
 //====================================//
@@ -102,7 +70,7 @@ where
     // (2) Parse the header.
     debug!("parsing the header");
     let raw_header = reader.read_header()?;
-    let parsed_header = parse_header(raw_header.clone()).with_context(|| "parsing SAM header")?;
+    let parsed_header = raw_header.parse().with_context(|| "parsing SAM header")?;
 
     // (3) Return the result.
     Ok(ParsedSAMFile {
@@ -176,7 +144,7 @@ where
     // (2) Parse the header.
     debug!("parsing the header");
     let raw_header = reader.read_header().await?;
-    let parsed_header = parse_header(raw_header.clone()).with_context(|| "parsing SAM header")?;
+    let parsed_header = raw_header.parse().with_context(|| "parsing SAM header")?;
 
     // (3) Return the result.
     Ok(ParsedAsyncSAMFile {
@@ -187,21 +155,3 @@ where
         },
     })
 }
-
-//=======//
-// Tests //
-//=======//
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-
-    use super::*;
-
-    #[test]
-    pub fn test_illumina_lowercase_fix() {
-        let data = "@RG\tID:rg0\tPL:illumina\n";
-        let expected = "@RG\tID:rg0\tPL:ILLUMINA\n";
-
-        assert_eq!(correct_common_header_mistakes(data.to_string()), expected);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/view/cram.rs b/src/view/cram.rs
index 0b878a2..13ed785 100644
--- a/src/view/cram.rs
+++ b/src/view/cram.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ use tokio::io;
 use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
 use tracing::debug;
 
-use crate::utils::formats::sam::parse_header;
 use crate::utils::pathbuf::AppendExtension;
 use crate::view::command::Mode;
 
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ pub async fn view(
     }
 
     // (7) Parses the header text.
-    let header = parse_header(ht).with_context(|| "parsing CRAM header")?;
+    let header = ht.parse().with_context(|| "parsing CRAM header")?;
 
     // (8) Writes the records to the output stream.
     let mut writer = sam::AsyncWriter::new(handle);