diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/bulkEdit/browser/bulkFileEdits.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/bulkEdit/browser/bulkFileEdits.ts
index d23d565ea7e012e4eeef7a29b447db30aa64e436..10ad7979aa0893f5e7f64dc4734c4922ff438475 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/bulkEdit/browser/bulkFileEdits.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/bulkEdit/browser/bulkFileEdits.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import { IWorkspaceUndoRedoElement, UndoRedoElementType, IUndoRedoService } from
 import { URI } from 'vs/base/common/uri';
 import { IInstantiationService } from 'vs/platform/instantiation/common/instantiation';
 import { ILogService } from 'vs/platform/log/common/log';
-import { VSBuffer } from 'vs/base/common/buffer';
 
 interface IFileOperation {
 	uris: URI[];
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ class CreateOperation implements IFileOperation {
 	constructor(
 		readonly newUri: URI,
 		readonly options: WorkspaceFileEditOptions,
-		readonly contents: VSBuffer | undefined,
+		readonly contents: string | undefined,
 		@IFileService private readonly _fileService: IFileService,
 		@ITextFileService private readonly _textFileService: ITextFileService,
 		@IInstantiationService private readonly _instaService: IInstantiationService,
@@ -82,9 +81,10 @@ class DeleteOperation implements IFileOperation {
 		readonly options: WorkspaceFileEditOptions,
 		@IWorkingCopyFileService private readonly _workingCopyFileService: IWorkingCopyFileService,
 		@IFileService private readonly _fileService: IFileService,
+		@ITextFileService private readonly _textFileService: ITextFileService,
 		@IConfigurationService private readonly _configurationService: IConfigurationService,
 		@IInstantiationService private readonly _instaService: IInstantiationService,
-		@ILogService private readonly _logService: ILogService,
+		@ILogService private readonly _logService: ILogService
 	) { }
 
 	get uris() {
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ class DeleteOperation implements IFileOperation {
 			return new Noop();
 		}
 
-		let contents: VSBuffer | undefined;
+		let contents: string | undefined;
 		try {
-			contents = (await this._fileService.readFile(this.oldUri)).value;
+			contents = (await this._textFileService.read(this.oldUri)).value;
 		} catch (err) {
 			this._logService.critical(err);
 		}
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/textfile/browser/textFileService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/textfile/browser/textFileService.ts
index 1f60e61aa8dcc24b31d9dd50b179213846ffffcc..72233647e2d4f8f6c334d4f00e9f2de4dcf48326 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/textfile/browser/textFileService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/textfile/browser/textFileService.ts
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ export abstract class AbstractTextFileService extends Disposable implements ITex
 		}
 	}
 
-	async create(resource: URI, value?: string | ITextSnapshot | VSBuffer, options?: ICreateFileOptions): Promise<IFileStatWithMetadata> {
+	async create(resource: URI, value?: string | ITextSnapshot, options?: ICreateFileOptions): Promise<IFileStatWithMetadata> {
 
 		// file operation participation
 		await this.workingCopyFileService.runFileOperationParticipants([{ target: resource, source: undefined }], FileOperation.CREATE);
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ export abstract class AbstractTextFileService extends Disposable implements ITex
 		return stat;
 	}
 
-	protected doCreate(resource: URI, value?: string | ITextSnapshot | VSBuffer, options?: ICreateFileOptions): Promise<IFileStatWithMetadata> {
-		return this.fileService.createFile(resource, value instanceof VSBuffer ? value : toBufferOrReadable(value), options);
+	protected doCreate(resource: URI, value?: string | ITextSnapshot, options?: ICreateFileOptions): Promise<IFileStatWithMetadata> {
+		return this.fileService.createFile(resource, toBufferOrReadable(value), options);
 	}
 
 	async write(resource: URI, value: string | ITextSnapshot, options?: IWriteTextFileOptions): Promise<IFileStatWithMetadata> {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/textfile/common/textfiles.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/textfile/common/textfiles.ts
index 48a490bb4871cbfcd07d514a49fcf824df99c46c..e4528b1e8b6c67c1a817ed728690286aa85eb9cd 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/textfile/common/textfiles.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/textfile/common/textfiles.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export interface ITextFileService extends IDisposable {
 	 * Create a file. If the file exists it will be overwritten with the contents if
 	 * the options enable to overwrite.
 	 */
-	create(resource: URI, contents?: string | ITextSnapshot | VSBuffer, options?: { overwrite?: boolean }): Promise<IFileStatWithMetadata>;
+	create(resource: URI, contents?: string | ITextSnapshot, options?: { overwrite?: boolean }): Promise<IFileStatWithMetadata>;
 }
 
 export interface IReadTextFileOptions extends IReadFileOptions {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/textfile/test/electron-browser/textFileService.io.test.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/textfile/test/electron-browser/textFileService.io.test.ts
index 0690e162cda8542bc71c44248a8e0da4e2fc5529..72e964fd95e147978d8162ec354c70d621c5feca 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/textfile/test/electron-browser/textFileService.io.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/textfile/test/electron-browser/textFileService.io.test.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import { isWindows } from 'vs/base/common/platform';
 import { readFileSync, statSync } from 'fs';
 import { detectEncodingByBOM } from 'vs/workbench/services/textfile/test/node/encoding/encoding.test';
 import { workbenchInstantiationService, TestNativeTextFileServiceWithEncodingOverrides } from 'vs/workbench/test/electron-browser/workbenchTestServices';
-import { VSBuffer } from 'vs/base/common/buffer';
 
 suite('Files - TextFileService i/o', function () {
 	const parentDir = getRandomTestPath(tmpdir(), 'vsctests', 'textfileservice');
@@ -101,15 +100,6 @@ suite('Files - TextFileService i/o', function () {
 		assert.equal((await readFile(resource.fsPath)).toString(), 'Hello World');
 	});
 
-	test('create - no encoding - content provided (VSBuffer)', async () => {
-		const resource = URI.file(join(testDir, 'small_new.txt'));
-
-		await service.create(resource, VSBuffer.fromString('Hello World'));
-
-		assert.equal(await exists(resource.fsPath), true);
-		assert.equal((await readFile(resource.fsPath)).toString(), 'Hello World');
-	});
-
 	test('create - UTF 16 LE - no content', async () => {
 		const resource = URI.file(join(testDir, 'small_new.utf16le'));