diff --git a/code/__HELPERS/files.dm b/code/__HELPERS/files.dm
index 2a0640a6e1..83a026665e 100644
--- a/code/__HELPERS/files.dm
+++ b/code/__HELPERS/files.dm
@@ -1,17 +1,3 @@
-//checks if a file exists and contains text
-//returns text as a string if these conditions are met
-/proc/return_file_text(filename)
-	if(fexists(filename) == 0)
-		throw EXCEPTION("return_file_text(): File not found")
-		return
-
-	var/text = file2text(filename)
-	if(!text)
-		throw EXCEPTION("return_file_text(): File empty")
-		return
-
-	return text
-
 //Sends resource files to client cache
 /client/proc/getFiles()
 	for(var/file in args)
diff --git a/code/__HELPERS/type2type.dm b/code/__HELPERS/type2type.dm
index b030494ed0..a8cf2ec3fd 100644
--- a/code/__HELPERS/type2type.dm
+++ b/code/__HELPERS/type2type.dm
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 
 //Splits the text of a file at seperator and returns them in a list.
 /proc/file2list(filename, seperator="\n")
-	return splittext(return_file_text(filename),seperator)
+	return splittext(file2text(filename),seperator)
 
 
 //Turns a direction into text
diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystem/job.dm b/code/controllers/subsystem/job.dm
index 517c72512c..dbfdd160a5 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystem/job.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystem/job.dm
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(job)
 
 
 /datum/controller/subsystem/job/proc/LoadJobs()
-	var/jobstext = return_file_text("config/jobs.txt")
+	var/jobstext = file2text("config/jobs.txt")
 	for(var/datum/job/J in occupations)
 		var/regex/jobs = new("[J.title]=(-1|\\d+),(-1|\\d+)")
 		jobs.Find(jobstext)
diff --git a/code/datums/helper_datums/getrev.dm b/code/datums/helper_datums/getrev.dm
index 957a569741..a9f1e8f6a0 100644
--- a/code/datums/helper_datums/getrev.dm
+++ b/code/datums/helper_datums/getrev.dm
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	var/date
 
 /datum/getrev/New()
-	var/head_file = return_file_text(".git/logs/HEAD")
+	var/head_file = file2text(".git/logs/HEAD")
 	if(SERVERTOOLS && fexists("..\\prtestjob.lk"))
 		var/list/tmp = file2list("..\\prtestjob.lk")
 		for(var/I in tmp)