diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-bootloader-syslinux.c b/src/libostree/ostree-bootloader-syslinux.c
index 16951629..05cb173e 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-bootloader-syslinux.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-bootloader-syslinux.c
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ _ostree_bootloader_syslinux_write_config (OstreeBootloader          *bootloader,
                                                   bootversion);
 
   /* This should follow the symbolic link to the current bootversion. */
-  config_contents = gs_file_load_contents_utf8 (self->config_path, cancellable, error);
+  config_contents = glnx_file_get_contents_utf8_at (AT_FDCWD, gs_file_get_path_cached (self->config_path), NULL,
+                                                    cancellable, error);
   if (!config_contents)
     goto out;
 
diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-bootloader-uboot.c b/src/libostree/ostree-bootloader-uboot.c
index f67e9bdb..f95ea843 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-bootloader-uboot.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-bootloader-uboot.c
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ _ostree_bootloader_uboot_write_config (OstreeBootloader          *bootloader,
   g_autoptr(GPtrArray) new_lines = NULL;
 
   /* This should follow the symbolic link to the current bootversion. */
-  config_contents = gs_file_load_contents_utf8 (self->config_path, cancellable, error);
+  config_contents = glnx_file_get_contents_utf8_at (AT_FDCWD, gs_file_get_path_cached (self->config_path), NULL,
+                                                    cancellable, error);
   if (!config_contents)
     return FALSE;
 
diff --git a/src/libotutil/ot-gio-utils.c b/src/libotutil/ot-gio-utils.c
index 9b8b0dce..103f6edd 100644
--- a/src/libotutil/ot-gio-utils.c
+++ b/src/libotutil/ot-gio-utils.c
@@ -254,7 +254,8 @@ ot_gfile_load_contents_utf8_allow_noent (GFile          *path,
   GError *temp_error = NULL;
   g_autofree char *ret_contents = NULL;
 
-  ret_contents = gs_file_load_contents_utf8 (path, cancellable, &temp_error);
+  ret_contents = glnx_file_get_contents_utf8_at (AT_FDCWD, gs_file_get_path_cached (path), NULL,
+                                                 cancellable, &temp_error);
   if (!ret_contents)
     {
       if (g_error_matches (temp_error, G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_NOT_FOUND))
diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-editor.c b/src/ostree/ot-editor.c
index 2e045844..66c6e7be 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-editor.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-editor.c
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ ot_editor_prompt (OstreeRepo *repo,
       goto out;
     }
 
-  ret = gs_file_load_contents_utf8 (file, cancellable, error);
+  ret = glnx_file_get_contents_utf8_at (AT_FDCWD, gs_file_get_path_cached (file), NULL,
+                                        cancellable, error);
 
 out:
   if (file)