diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 6049d2f..d2b5a9a 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -45,6 +45,17 @@ type CloudConfig struct {
 	NetworkConfig     string   `yaml:"-"`
 }
 
+func IsCloudConfig(userdata string) bool {
+	header := strings.SplitN(userdata, "\n", 2)[0]
+
+	// Explicitly trim the header so we can handle user-data from
+	// non-unix operating systems. The rest of the file is parsed
+	// by yaml, which correctly handles CRLF.
+	header = strings.TrimSuffix(header, "\r")
+
+	return (header == "#cloud-config")
+}
+
 // NewCloudConfig instantiates a new CloudConfig from the given contents (a
 // string of YAML), returning any error encountered. It will ignore unknown
 // fields but log encountering them.
diff --git a/config/script.go b/config/script.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8de6c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/script.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type Script []byte
+
+func IsScript(userdata string) bool {
+	header := strings.SplitN(userdata, "\n", 2)[0]
+	return strings.HasPrefix(header, "#!")
+}
+
+func NewScript(userdata string) (Script, error) {
+	return Script(userdata), nil
+}
diff --git a/coreos-cloudinit.go b/coreos-cloudinit.go
index 20def1d..cb7f879 100644
--- a/coreos-cloudinit.go
+++ b/coreos-cloudinit.go
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func main() {
 	userdata := env.Apply(string(userdataBytes))
 
 	var ccm, ccu *config.CloudConfig
-	var script *system.Script
+	var script *config.Script
 	if ccm, err = initialize.ParseMetaData(string(metadataBytes)); err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("Failed to parse meta-data: %v\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ func main() {
 		switch t := ud.(type) {
 		case *config.CloudConfig:
 			ccu = t
-		case system.Script:
+		case config.Script:
 			script = &t
 		}
 	}
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ func selectDatasource(sources []datasource.Datasource) datasource.Datasource {
 }
 
 // TODO(jonboulle): this should probably be refactored and moved into a different module
-func runScript(script system.Script, env *initialize.Environment) error {
+func runScript(script config.Script, env *initialize.Environment) error {
 	err := initialize.PrepWorkspace(env.Workspace())
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("Failed preparing workspace: %v\n", err)
diff --git a/initialize/user_data.go b/initialize/user_data.go
index cb477c4..b2b71be 100644
--- a/initialize/user_data.go
+++ b/initialize/user_data.go
@@ -17,32 +17,25 @@
 package initialize
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
+	"errors"
 	"log"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/coreos/coreos-cloudinit/config"
-	"github.com/coreos/coreos-cloudinit/system"
 )
 
 func ParseUserData(contents string) (interface{}, error) {
 	if len(contents) == 0 {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
-	header := strings.SplitN(contents, "\n", 2)[0]
 
-	// Explicitly trim the header so we can handle user-data from
-	// non-unix operating systems. The rest of the file is parsed
-	// by yaml, which correctly handles CRLF.
-	header = strings.TrimSpace(header)
-
-	if strings.HasPrefix(header, "#!") {
+	switch {
+	case config.IsScript(contents):
 		log.Printf("Parsing user-data as script")
-		return system.Script(contents), nil
-	} else if header == "#cloud-config" {
+		return config.NewScript(contents)
+	case config.IsCloudConfig(contents):
 		log.Printf("Parsing user-data as cloud-config")
 		return config.NewCloudConfig(contents)
-	} else {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unrecognized user-data header: %s", header)
+	default:
+		return nil, errors.New("Unrecognized user-data format")
 	}
 }
diff --git a/initialize/workspace.go b/initialize/workspace.go
index 8af319d..b9d8fc8 100644
--- a/initialize/workspace.go
+++ b/initialize/workspace.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func PrepWorkspace(workspace string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func PersistScriptInWorkspace(script system.Script, workspace string) (string, error) {
+func PersistScriptInWorkspace(script config.Script, workspace string) (string, error) {
 	scriptsPath := path.Join(workspace, "scripts")
 	tmp, err := ioutil.TempFile(scriptsPath, "")
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/system/unit.go b/system/unit.go
index 5d34e99..26e9bbc 100644
--- a/system/unit.go
+++ b/system/unit.go
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ type Unit struct {
 	config.Unit
 }
 
-type Script []byte
-
 // Destination builds the appropriate absolute file path for
 // the Unit. The root argument indicates the effective base
 // directory of the system (similar to a chroot).