diff --git a/source/dub/internal/io/filesystem.d b/source/dub/internal/io/filesystem.d
index 52550a705..414005551 100644
--- a/source/dub/internal/io/filesystem.d
+++ b/source/dub/internal/io/filesystem.d
@@ -51,7 +51,12 @@ public interface Filesystem
     public abstract string readText (in NativePath path) const scope;
 
     /// Write to this file
-    public abstract void writeFile (in NativePath path, const(char)[] data) scope;
+    public final void writeFile (in NativePath path, const(char)[] data) scope
+    {
+        import std.string : representation;
+
+        this.writeFile(path, data.representation);
+    }
 
     /// Ditto
     public abstract void writeFile (in NativePath path, const(ubyte)[] data) scope;
diff --git a/source/dub/internal/io/mockfs.d b/source/dub/internal/io/mockfs.d
index fc086cd54..4c0f3d660 100644
--- a/source/dub/internal/io/mockfs.d
+++ b/source/dub/internal/io/mockfs.d
@@ -58,13 +58,6 @@ public final class MockFS : Filesystem {
         return this.cwd.writeFile(path, data);
     }
 
-    /// Ditto
-    public override void writeFile (in NativePath path, const(char)[] data)
-        scope
-    {
-        return this.cwd.writeFile(path, data);
-    }
-
     /// Reads a file, returns the content as `ubyte[]`
     public override ubyte[] readFile (in NativePath path) const scope
     {
@@ -405,12 +398,6 @@ public class FSEntry
         return cast(string) content;
     }
 
-    /// Write to this file
-    public void writeFile (in NativePath path, const(char)[] data) scope
-    {
-        this.writeFile(path, data.representation);
-    }
-
     /// Ditto
     public void writeFile (in NativePath path, const(ubyte)[] data) scope
     {
diff --git a/source/dub/internal/io/realfs.d b/source/dub/internal/io/realfs.d
index 6ce5264e9..9497169c0 100644
--- a/source/dub/internal/io/realfs.d
+++ b/source/dub/internal/io/realfs.d
@@ -53,13 +53,6 @@ public final class RealFS : Filesystem {
 		return dub.internal.vibecompat.core.file.writeFile(path, data);
 	}
 
-	/// Ditto
-	protected override void writeFile (in NativePath path, const(char)[] data)
-        scope
-	{
-		return dub.internal.vibecompat.core.file.writeFile(path, data);
-	}
-
     /// Reads a file, returns the content as `ubyte[]`
     public override ubyte[] readFile (in NativePath path) const scope
     {