diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/Modules/NewModuleManifestCommand.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/Modules/NewModuleManifestCommand.cs
index 30520c0c5bf..981c9b19af4 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/Modules/NewModuleManifestCommand.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/Modules/NewModuleManifestCommand.cs
@@ -939,21 +939,17 @@ protected override void EndProcessing()
 
                 // Now open the output file...
                 PathUtils.MasterStreamOpen(
-                    this,
-                    filePath,
-#if UNIX
-                    new UTF8Encoding(false), // UTF-8, no BOM
-#else
-                    EncodingConversion.Unicode, // UTF-16 with BOM
-#endif
-                    /* defaultEncoding */ false,
-                    /* Append */ false,
-                    /* Force */ false,
-                    /* NoClobber */ false,
-                    out fileStream,
-                    out streamWriter,
-                    out readOnlyFileInfo,
-                    false
+                    cmdlet : this,
+                    filePath : filePath,
+                    resolvedEncoding : new UTF8Encoding(encoderShouldEmitUTF8Identifier : false),
+                    defaultEncoding : false,
+                    Append : false,
+                    Force : false,
+                    NoClobber : false,
+                    fileStream : out fileStream,
+                    streamWriter : out streamWriter,
+                    readOnlyFileInfo : out readOnlyFileInfo,
+                    isLiteralPath : false
                 );
 
                 try
diff --git a/test/powershell/engine/Module/NewModuleManifest.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/engine/Module/NewModuleManifest.Tests.ps1
index 8508db33c1d..ce69ee44ed0 100644
--- a/test/powershell/engine/Module/NewModuleManifest.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/engine/Module/NewModuleManifest.Tests.ps1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Describe "New-ModuleManifest tests" -tags "CI" {
     BeforeEach {
-        New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path testdrive:/module
+        $null = New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path testdrive:/module
         $testModulePath = "testdrive:/module/test.psd1"
     }
 
@@ -9,13 +9,10 @@ Describe "New-ModuleManifest tests" -tags "CI" {
     }
 
     BeforeAll {
-        if ($IsWindows)
-        {
-            $ExpectedManifestBytes = @(255,254,35,0,13,0,10,0)
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            $ExpectedManifestBytes = @(35,10)
+        if ($IsWindows) {
+            $ExpectedManifestBytes = @(35,13) # CR
+        } else {
+            $ExpectedManifestBytes = @(35,10) # LF
         }
     }
 
@@ -38,10 +35,9 @@ Describe "New-ModuleManifest tests" -tags "CI" {
     }
 
     It "Verify module manifest encoding" {
-        
+
         # verify first line of the manifest:
-        # on Windows platforms - 3 characters - '#' '\r' '\n' - in UTF-16 with BOM - this should be @(255,254,35,0,13,0,10,0)
-        # on non-Windows platforms - 2 characters - '#' '\n' - in UTF-8 no BOM - this should be @(35,10)
+        # 2 characters - '#' '\n' - in UTF-8 no BOM - this should be @(35,10)
         TestNewModuleManifestEncoding -expected $ExpectedManifestBytes
     }