diff --git a/VirtualFileSystem/Ext2FileSystem.cpp b/VirtualFileSystem/Ext2FileSystem.cpp
index dad24ba3ff..9505d79114 100644
--- a/VirtualFileSystem/Ext2FileSystem.cpp
+++ b/VirtualFileSystem/Ext2FileSystem.cpp
@@ -336,38 +336,6 @@ Unix::ssize_t Ext2FileSystem::readInodeBytes(InodeIdentifier inode, Unix::off_t
     return nread;
 }
 
-ByteBuffer Ext2FileSystem::readInode(InodeIdentifier inode) const
-{
-    ASSERT(inode.fileSystemID() == id());
-
-    auto e2inode = lookupExt2Inode(inode.index());
-    if (!e2inode) {
-        printf("[ext2fs] readInode: metadata lookup for inode %u failed\n", inode.index());
-        return nullptr;
-    }
-
-    auto contents = ByteBuffer::createUninitialized(e2inode->i_size);
-
-    Unix::ssize_t nread;
-    byte buffer[512];
-    byte* out = contents.pointer();
-    Unix::off_t offset = 0;
-    for (;;) {
-        nread = readInodeBytes(inode, offset, sizeof(buffer), buffer);
-        if (nread <= 0)
-            break;
-        memcpy(out, buffer, nread);
-        out += nread;
-        offset += nread;
-    }
-    if (nread < 0) {
-        printf("[ext2fs] readInode: ERROR: %d\n", nread);
-        return nullptr;
-    }
-
-    return contents;
-}
-
 bool Ext2FileSystem::writeInode(InodeIdentifier inode, const ByteBuffer& data)
 {
     ASSERT(inode.fileSystemID() == id());
@@ -412,7 +380,7 @@ bool Ext2FileSystem::enumerateDirectoryInode(InodeIdentifier inode, std::functio
     printf("[ext2fs] Enumerating directory contents of inode %u:\n", inode.index());
 #endif
 
-    auto buffer = readInode(inode);
+    auto buffer = readEntireInode(inode);
     ASSERT(buffer);
     auto* entry = reinterpret_cast<ext2_dir_entry_2*>(buffer.pointer());
 
diff --git a/VirtualFileSystem/Ext2FileSystem.h b/VirtualFileSystem/Ext2FileSystem.h
index 1cdecc8133..9ec4279b60 100644
--- a/VirtualFileSystem/Ext2FileSystem.h
+++ b/VirtualFileSystem/Ext2FileSystem.h
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ private:
     virtual bool initialize() override;
     virtual const char* className() const override;
     virtual InodeIdentifier rootInode() const override;
-    virtual ByteBuffer readInode(InodeIdentifier) const override;
     virtual bool writeInode(InodeIdentifier, const ByteBuffer&) override;
     virtual bool enumerateDirectoryInode(InodeIdentifier, std::function<bool(const DirectoryEntry&)>) const override;
     virtual InodeMetadata inodeMetadata(InodeIdentifier) const override;
diff --git a/VirtualFileSystem/FileHandle.cpp b/VirtualFileSystem/FileHandle.cpp
index cd10ddfd19..2f0819d1e9 100644
--- a/VirtualFileSystem/FileHandle.cpp
+++ b/VirtualFileSystem/FileHandle.cpp
@@ -104,6 +104,6 @@ ByteBuffer FileHandle::readEntireFile()
         return buffer;
     }
 
-    return m_vnode->fileSystem()->readInode(m_vnode->inode);
+    return m_vnode->fileSystem()->readEntireInode(m_vnode->inode);
 }
 
diff --git a/VirtualFileSystem/FileSystem.cpp b/VirtualFileSystem/FileSystem.cpp
index d7fb622694..49b5af07b2 100644
--- a/VirtualFileSystem/FileSystem.cpp
+++ b/VirtualFileSystem/FileSystem.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ FileSystem* FileSystem::fromID(dword id)
     return nullptr;
 }
 
-InodeIdentifier FileSystem::childOfDirectoryInodeWithName(InodeIdentifier inode, const String& name)
+InodeIdentifier FileSystem::childOfDirectoryInodeWithName(InodeIdentifier inode, const String& name) const
 {
     InodeIdentifier foundInode;
     enumerateDirectoryInode(inode, [&] (const DirectoryEntry& entry) {
@@ -42,3 +42,35 @@ InodeIdentifier FileSystem::childOfDirectoryInodeWithName(InodeIdentifier inode,
     return foundInode;
 }
 
+ByteBuffer FileSystem::readEntireInode(InodeIdentifier inode) const
+{
+    ASSERT(inode.fileSystemID() == id());
+
+    auto metadata = inodeMetadata(inode);
+    if (!metadata.isValid()) {
+        printf("[fs] readInode: metadata lookup for inode %u failed\n", inode.index());
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    auto contents = ByteBuffer::createUninitialized(metadata.size);
+
+    Unix::ssize_t nread;
+    byte buffer[512];
+    byte* out = contents.pointer();
+    Unix::off_t offset = 0;
+    for (;;) {
+        nread = readInodeBytes(inode, offset, sizeof(buffer), buffer);
+        if (nread <= 0)
+            break;
+        memcpy(out, buffer, nread);
+        out += nread;
+        offset += nread;
+    }
+    if (nread < 0) {
+        printf("[fs] readInode: ERROR: %d\n", nread);
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    return contents;
+}
+
diff --git a/VirtualFileSystem/FileSystem.h b/VirtualFileSystem/FileSystem.h
index fe9a2afb04..81132f0ba9 100644
--- a/VirtualFileSystem/FileSystem.h
+++ b/VirtualFileSystem/FileSystem.h
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ public:
     virtual bool initialize() = 0;
     virtual const char* className() const = 0;
     virtual InodeIdentifier rootInode() const = 0;
-    virtual ByteBuffer readInode(InodeIdentifier) const = 0;
     virtual bool writeInode(InodeIdentifier, const ByteBuffer&) = 0;
     virtual InodeMetadata inodeMetadata(InodeIdentifier) const = 0;
 
@@ -41,7 +40,8 @@ public:
     virtual bool setModificationTime(InodeIdentifier, dword timestamp) = 0;
     virtual InodeIdentifier createInode(InodeIdentifier parentInode, const String& name, word mode) = 0;
 
-    InodeIdentifier childOfDirectoryInodeWithName(InodeIdentifier, const String& name);
+    InodeIdentifier childOfDirectoryInodeWithName(InodeIdentifier, const String& name) const;
+    ByteBuffer readEntireInode(InodeIdentifier) const;
 
 protected:
     FileSystem();
diff --git a/VirtualFileSystem/InodeIdentifier.cpp b/VirtualFileSystem/InodeIdentifier.cpp
index 787f039f1f..45aa2dd1ca 100644
--- a/VirtualFileSystem/InodeIdentifier.cpp
+++ b/VirtualFileSystem/InodeIdentifier.cpp
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ ByteBuffer InodeIdentifier::readEntireFile() const
 {
     if (!fileSystem())
         return { };
-    return fileSystem()->readInode(*this);
+    return fileSystem()->readEntireInode(*this);
 }
diff --git a/VirtualFileSystem/SyntheticFileSystem.cpp b/VirtualFileSystem/SyntheticFileSystem.cpp
index 5479933a42..bc750b5546 100644
--- a/VirtualFileSystem/SyntheticFileSystem.cpp
+++ b/VirtualFileSystem/SyntheticFileSystem.cpp
@@ -62,17 +62,6 @@ InodeIdentifier SyntheticFileSystem::rootInode() const
     return { id(), 1 };
 }
 
-ByteBuffer SyntheticFileSystem::readInode(InodeIdentifier inode) const
-{
-    ASSERT(inode.fileSystemID() == id());
-#ifdef SYNTHFS_DEBUG
-    printf("[synthfs] readInode %u\n", inode.index());
-#endif
-    ASSERT(inode.index() != 1);
-    ASSERT(inode.index() <= m_files.size());
-    return m_files[inode.index() - 1]->data;
-}
-
 bool SyntheticFileSystem::enumerateDirectoryInode(InodeIdentifier inode, std::function<bool(const DirectoryEntry&)> callback) const
 {
     ASSERT(inode.fileSystemID() == id());
diff --git a/VirtualFileSystem/SyntheticFileSystem.h b/VirtualFileSystem/SyntheticFileSystem.h
index a9389e6e18..c59917cc32 100644
--- a/VirtualFileSystem/SyntheticFileSystem.h
+++ b/VirtualFileSystem/SyntheticFileSystem.h
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ public:
     virtual bool initialize() override;
     virtual const char* className() const override;
     virtual InodeIdentifier rootInode() const override;
-    virtual ByteBuffer readInode(InodeIdentifier) const override;
     virtual bool writeInode(InodeIdentifier, const ByteBuffer&) override;
     virtual bool enumerateDirectoryInode(InodeIdentifier, std::function<bool(const DirectoryEntry&)>) const override;
     virtual InodeMetadata inodeMetadata(InodeIdentifier) const override;
diff --git a/VirtualFileSystem/VirtualFileSystem.cpp b/VirtualFileSystem/VirtualFileSystem.cpp
index a6597d5cd8..99397b016a 100644
--- a/VirtualFileSystem/VirtualFileSystem.cpp
+++ b/VirtualFileSystem/VirtualFileSystem.cpp
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ void VirtualFileSystem::listDirectory(const String& path)
         if (metadata.isDirectory()) {
             printf("/");
         } else if (metadata.isSymbolicLink()) {
-            auto symlinkContents = directoryInode.fileSystem()->readInode(metadata.inode);
+            auto symlinkContents = directoryInode.fileSystem()->readEntireInode(metadata.inode);
             printf(" -> %s", String((const char*)symlinkContents.pointer(), symlinkContents.size()).characters());
         }
         printf("\n");