diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/rawSearchService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/rawSearchService.ts
index 4e8a5782041..49a7002e948 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/rawSearchService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/rawSearchService.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-import * as fs from 'fs';
-import * as gracefulFs from 'graceful-fs';
 import * as arrays from 'vs/base/common/arrays';
 import { CancelablePromise, createCancelablePromise } from 'vs/base/common/async';
 import { CancellationToken } from 'vs/base/common/cancellation';
@@ -19,8 +17,6 @@ import { ICachedSearchStats, IFileQuery, IFileSearchProgressItem, IFileSearchSta
 import { Engine as FileSearchEngine } from 'vs/workbench/services/search/node/fileSearch';
 import { TextSearchEngineAdapter } from 'vs/workbench/services/search/node/textSearchAdapter';
 
-gracefulFs.gracefulify(fs);
-
 export type IProgressCallback = (p: ISerializedSearchProgressItem) => void;
 export type IFileProgressCallback = (p: IFileSearchProgressItem) => void;