diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index c90e236..f015b03 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -11,16 +11,16 @@ future releases, check `milestones`_ and :doc:`/about/vision`.
 Big refactoring around middleware configuration, API readability and
 documentation.
 
-- Bugfix #44 - Introduced ``django_downloadview.File``, which patches
-  ``django.core.files.base.File.__iter__()`` implementation.
-  See https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/21321
-
 - Bugfix #48 - Fixed ``basename`` assertion in ``assert_download_response``:
   checks ``Content-Disposition`` header.
 
 - Bugfix #49 - Fixed ``content`` assertion in ``assert_download_response``:
   checks only response's ``streaming_content`` attribute.
 
+- Bugfix #60 - ``VirtualFile.__iter__`` uses ``force_bytes()`` to support both
+  "text-mode" and "binary-mode" content.
+  See https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/21321
+
 - Feature #50 - Introduced ``django_downloadview.DownloadDispatcherMiddleware``
   that iterates over a list of configurable download middlewares. Allows to
   plug several download middlewares with different configurations.
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ documentation.
 - Refactoring #53 - Added base classes in ``django_downloadview.middlewares``,
   such as ``ProxiedDownloadMiddleware``.
 
-
 - Refactoring #54 - Expose most Python API directly in `django_downloadview`
   package. Simplifies ``import`` statements in client applications.
   Splitted nginx module in a package.
diff --git a/demo/demoproject/virtual/views.py b/demo/demoproject/virtual/views.py
index 9b4461c..8bb7020 100644
--- a/demo/demoproject/virtual/views.py
+++ b/demo/demoproject/virtual/views.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class TextDownloadView(VirtualDownloadView):
 class StringIODownloadView(VirtualDownloadView):
     def get_file(self):
         """Return wrapper on ``StringIO`` object."""
-        file_obj = StringIO(u"Hello world!\n".encode('utf-8'))
+        file_obj = StringIO(u"Hello world!\n")
         return VirtualFile(file_obj, name='hello-world.txt')
 
 
diff --git a/django_downloadview/api.py b/django_downloadview/api.py
index e357621..fdd70f8 100644
--- a/django_downloadview/api.py
+++ b/django_downloadview/api.py
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 from django_downloadview.io import StringIteratorIO  # NoQA
 from django_downloadview.files import (StorageFile,  # NoQA
                                        VirtualFile,
-                                       HTTPFile,
-                                       File)
+                                       HTTPFile)
 from django_downloadview.response import (DownloadResponse,  # NoQA
                                           ProxiedDownloadResponse)
 from django_downloadview.middlewares import (BaseDownloadMiddleware,  # NoQA
diff --git a/django_downloadview/files.py b/django_downloadview/files.py
index fb7d3a8..993fb8f 100644
--- a/django_downloadview/files.py
+++ b/django_downloadview/files.py
@@ -4,40 +4,12 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 from io import BytesIO
 from urlparse import urlparse
 
-import django.core.files
+from django.core.files.base import File
 from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes
 
 import requests
 
 
-class File(django.core.files.File):
-    """Patch Django's :meth:`__iter__` implementation.
-
-    See https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/21321
-
-    """
-    def __iter__(self):
-        # Iterate over this file-like object by newlines
-        buffer_ = None
-        for chunk in self.chunks():
-            chunk_buffer = BytesIO(force_bytes(chunk))
-
-            for line in chunk_buffer:
-                if buffer_:
-                    line = buffer_ + line
-                    buffer_ = None
-
-                # If this is the end of a line, yield
-                # otherwise, wait for the next round
-                if line[-1] in ('\n', '\r'):
-                    yield line
-                else:
-                    buffer_ = line
-
-        if buffer_ is not None:
-            yield buffer_
-
-
 class StorageFile(File):
     """A file in a Django storage.
 
@@ -204,6 +176,33 @@ class VirtualFile(File):
 
     size = property(_get_size, _set_size)
 
+    def __iter__(self):
+        """Same as ``File.__iter__()`` but using ``force_bytes()``.
+
+        See https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/21321
+
+        """
+        # Iterate over this file-like object by newlines
+        buffer_ = None
+        for chunk in self.chunks():
+            chunk_buffer = BytesIO(force_bytes(chunk))
+
+            for line in chunk_buffer:
+                if buffer_:
+                    line = buffer_ + line
+                    buffer_ = None
+
+                # If this is the end of a line, yield
+                # otherwise, wait for the next round
+                if line[-1] in ('\n', '\r'):
+                    yield line
+                else:
+                    buffer_ = line
+
+        if buffer_ is not None:
+            yield buffer_
+
+
 
 class HTTPFile(File):
     """Wrapper for files that live on remote HTTP servers.
diff --git a/django_downloadview/tests/api.py b/django_downloadview/tests/api.py
index 60c13e8..1d146b7 100644
--- a/django_downloadview/tests/api.py
+++ b/django_downloadview/tests/api.py
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ class APITestCase(unittest.TestCase):
             'BaseDownloadView',
             'DownloadMixin',
             # File wrappers:
-            'File',
             'StorageFile',
             'HTTPFile',
             'VirtualFile',