diff --git a/extensions/git/src/main.ts b/extensions/git/src/main.ts
index 4977cd4058c..24768c1dba4 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/main.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/main.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import { GitTimelineProvider } from './timelineProvider';
 import { registerAPICommands } from './api/api1';
 import { TerminalEnvironmentManager } from './terminal';
 import { OutputChannelLogger } from './log';
-import { GitMergeShowContentProvider } from './mergeInfoProvider';
 
 const deactivateTasks: { (): Promise<any> }[] = [];
 
@@ -103,8 +102,7 @@ async function createModel(context: ExtensionContext, outputChannelLogger: Outpu
 		new GitFileSystemProvider(model),
 		new GitDecorations(model),
 		new GitProtocolHandler(),
-		new GitTimelineProvider(model, cc),
-		new GitMergeShowContentProvider(model)
+		new GitTimelineProvider(model, cc)
 	);
 
 	checkGitVersion(info);
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/mergeInfoProvider.ts b/extensions/git/src/mergeInfoProvider.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 83853a18f47..00000000000
--- a/extensions/git/src/mergeInfoProvider.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
- *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
- *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-
-import { TextDocumentContentProvider, Uri, workspace } from 'vscode';
-import { Model } from './model';
-
-export class GitMergeShowContentProvider implements TextDocumentContentProvider {
-
-	static readonly Scheme = 'git-show';
-
-	readonly dispose: () => void;
-
-	constructor(private model: Model) {
-		const reg = workspace.registerTextDocumentContentProvider(GitMergeShowContentProvider.Scheme, this);
-		this.dispose = reg.dispose.bind(reg);
-	}
-
-	async provideTextDocumentContent(uri: Uri): Promise<string | undefined> {
-		await this.model.isInitialized;
-
-		const repository = this.model.getRepository(uri);
-		if (!repository) {
-			return undefined;
-		}
-
-		if (!/^:[123]$/.test(uri.query)) {
-			return undefined;
-		}
-
-		try {
-			return await repository.show(uri.query, uri.fsPath);
-		} catch (error) {
-			console.error(error);
-			return undefined;
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-export function toMergeUris(uri: Uri): { base: Uri; ours: Uri; theirs: Uri } {
-	return {
-		base: uri.with({ scheme: GitMergeShowContentProvider.Scheme, query: ':1' }),
-		ours: uri.with({ scheme: GitMergeShowContentProvider.Scheme, query: ':2' }),
-		theirs: uri.with({ scheme: GitMergeShowContentProvider.Scheme, query: ':3' }),
-	};
-}
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/repository.ts b/extensions/git/src/repository.ts
index 6d603936b80..4a81c8fac64 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/repository.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/repository.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { AutoFetcher } from './autofetch';
 import { debounce, memoize, throttle } from './decorators';
 import { Commit, GitError, Repository as BaseRepository, Stash, Submodule, LogFileOptions } from './git';
 import { StatusBarCommands } from './statusbar';
-import { toGitUri } from './uri';
+import { toGitUri, toMergeUris } from './uri';
 import { anyEvent, combinedDisposable, debounceEvent, dispose, EmptyDisposable, eventToPromise, filterEvent, find, IDisposable, isDescendant, onceEvent, pathEquals, relativePath } from './util';
 import { IFileWatcher, watch } from './watch';
 import { LogLevel, OutputChannelLogger } from './log';
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import { IPushErrorHandlerRegistry } from './pushError';
 import { ApiRepository } from './api/api1';
 import { IRemoteSourcePublisherRegistry } from './remotePublisher';
 import { ActionButtonCommand } from './actionButton';
-import { toMergeUris } from './mergeInfoProvider';
 
 const timeout = (millis: number) => new Promise(c => setTimeout(c, millis));
 
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/uri.ts b/extensions/git/src/uri.ts
index 94e6b5e38ae..5694c920d6b 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/uri.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/uri.ts
@@ -51,3 +51,14 @@ export function toGitUri(uri: Uri, ref: string, options: GitUriOptions = {}): Ur
 		query: JSON.stringify(params)
 	});
 }
+
+/**
+ * Assuming `uri` is being merged it creates uris for `base`, `ours`, and `theirs`
+ */
+export function toMergeUris(uri: Uri): { base: Uri; ours: Uri; theirs: Uri } {
+	return {
+		base: toGitUri(uri, ':1'),
+		ours: toGitUri(uri, ':2'),
+		theirs: toGitUri(uri, ':3'),
+	};
+}