diff --git a/bugreport.c b/bugreport.c
index 28f4568b01..09579e268d 100644
--- a/bugreport.c
+++ b/bugreport.c
@@ -180,7 +180,9 @@ int cmd_main(int argc, const char **argv)
 		die(_("couldn't create a new file at '%s'"), report_path.buf);
 	}
 
-	strbuf_write_fd(&buffer, report);
+	if (write_in_full(report, buffer.buf, buffer.len) < 0)
+		die_errno(_("unable to write to %s"), report_path.buf);
+
 	close(report);
 
 	/*
diff --git a/strbuf.c b/strbuf.c
index 2f1a7d3209..e3397cc4c7 100644
--- a/strbuf.c
+++ b/strbuf.c
@@ -556,11 +556,6 @@ ssize_t strbuf_write(struct strbuf *sb, FILE *f)
 	return sb->len ? fwrite(sb->buf, 1, sb->len, f) : 0;
 }
 
-ssize_t strbuf_write_fd(struct strbuf *sb, int fd)
-{
-	return sb->len ? write(fd, sb->buf, sb->len) : 0;
-}
-
 #define STRBUF_MAXLINK (2*PATH_MAX)
 
 int strbuf_readlink(struct strbuf *sb, const char *path, size_t hint)
diff --git a/strbuf.h b/strbuf.h
index 7062eb6410..223ee2094a 100644
--- a/strbuf.h
+++ b/strbuf.h
@@ -473,7 +473,6 @@ int strbuf_readlink(struct strbuf *sb, const char *path, size_t hint);
  * NUL bytes.
  */
 ssize_t strbuf_write(struct strbuf *sb, FILE *stream);
-ssize_t strbuf_write_fd(struct strbuf *sb, int fd);
 
 /**
  * Read a line from a FILE *, overwriting the existing contents of