diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/library/index_spec.ts b/packages/schematics/angular/library/index_spec.ts
index 97e517767f1f..ecf628577f11 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/library/index_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/library/index_spec.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 import { SchematicTestRunner, UnitTestTree } from '@angular-devkit/schematics/testing';
 import { parse as parseJson } from 'jsonc-parser';
-import { getFileContent } from '../../angular/utility/test';
 import { Schema as ComponentOptions } from '../component/schema';
 import { latestVersions } from '../utility/latest-versions';
 import { Schema as WorkspaceOptions } from '../workspace/schema';
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ import { Schema as GenerateLibrarySchema } from './schema';
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
 function getJsonFileContent(tree: UnitTestTree, path: string): any {
-  return parseJson(tree.readContent(path).toString());
+  return tree.readJson(path);
 }
 
 describe('Library Schematic', () => {
@@ -119,7 +118,7 @@ describe('Library Schematic', () => {
   it('should create a package.json named "foo"', async () => {
     const tree = await schematicRunner.runSchematic('library', defaultOptions, workspaceTree);
 
-    const fileContent = getFileContent(tree, '/projects/foo/package.json');
+    const fileContent = tree.readText('/projects/foo/package.json');
     expect(fileContent).toMatch(/"name": "foo"/);
   });
 
@@ -134,14 +133,14 @@ describe('Library Schematic', () => {
   it('should add sideEffects: false flag to package.json named "foo"', async () => {
     const tree = await schematicRunner.runSchematic('library', defaultOptions, workspaceTree);
 
-    const fileContent = getFileContent(tree, '/projects/foo/package.json');
+    const fileContent = tree.readText('/projects/foo/package.json');
     expect(fileContent).toMatch(/"sideEffects": false/);
   });
 
   it('should create a README.md named "foo"', async () => {
     const tree = await schematicRunner.runSchematic('library', defaultOptions, workspaceTree);
 
-    const fileContent = getFileContent(tree, '/projects/foo/README.md');
+    const fileContent = tree.readText('/projects/foo/README.md');
     expect(fileContent).toMatch(/# Foo/);
   });
 
@@ -425,7 +424,7 @@ describe('Library Schematic', () => {
         workspaceTree,
       );
 
-      const fileContent = getFileContent(tree, '/projects/foo/src/lib/foo-module.ts');
+      const fileContent = tree.readText('/projects/foo/src/lib/foo-module.ts');
       expect(fileContent).toMatch(/exports: \[\n(\s*) {2}Foo\n\1\]/);
     });
 
diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/pipe/index_spec.ts b/packages/schematics/angular/pipe/index_spec.ts
index 51f890e54ee1..677995a4bab9 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/pipe/index_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/pipe/index_spec.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 import { SchematicTestRunner, UnitTestTree } from '@angular-devkit/schematics/testing';
 import { Schema as ApplicationOptions } from '../application/schema';
-import { createAppModule, getFileContent } from '../utility/test';
+import { createAppModule } from '../utility/test';
 import { Schema as WorkspaceOptions } from '../workspace/schema';
 import { Schema as PipeOptions } from './schema';
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ describe('Pipe Schematic', () => {
       const files = tree.files;
       expect(files).toContain('/projects/bar/src/app/foo-pipe.spec.ts');
       expect(files).toContain('/projects/bar/src/app/foo-pipe.ts');
-      const moduleContent = getFileContent(tree, '/projects/bar/src/app/app-module.ts');
+      const moduleContent = tree.readText('/projects/bar/src/app/app-module.ts');
       expect(moduleContent).toMatch(/import.*Foo.*from '.\/foo-pipe'/);
       expect(moduleContent).toMatch(/declarations:\s*\[[^\]]+?,\r?\n\s+FooPipe\r?\n/m);
       const fileContent = tree.readContent('/projects/bar/src/app/foo-pipe.ts');
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ describe('Pipe Schematic', () => {
       const files = tree.files;
       expect(files).toContain('/projects/bar/src/app/foo.pipe.spec.ts');
       expect(files).toContain('/projects/bar/src/app/foo.pipe.ts');
-      const moduleContent = getFileContent(tree, '/projects/bar/src/app/app-module.ts');
+      const moduleContent = tree.readText('/projects/bar/src/app/app-module.ts');
       expect(moduleContent).toMatch(/import.*Foo.*from '.\/foo.pipe'/);
       expect(moduleContent).toMatch(/declarations:\s*\[[^\]]+?,\r?\n\s+FooPipe\r?\n/m);
       const fileContent = tree.readContent('/projects/bar/src/app/foo.pipe.ts');
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ describe('Pipe Schematic', () => {
       const files = tree.files;
       expect(files).toContain('/projects/bar/src/app/foo-pipe.spec.ts');
       expect(files).toContain('/projects/bar/src/app/foo-pipe.ts');
-      const moduleContent = getFileContent(tree, '/projects/bar/src/app/app-module.ts');
+      const moduleContent = tree.readText('/projects/bar/src/app/app-module.ts');
       expect(moduleContent).toMatch(/import.*Foo.*from '.\/foo-pipe'/);
       expect(moduleContent).toMatch(/declarations:\s*\[[^\]]+?,\r?\n\s+FooPipe\r?\n/m);
       const fileContent = tree.readContent('/projects/bar/src/app/foo-pipe.ts');
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ describe('Pipe Schematic', () => {
       const options = { ...defaultNonStandaloneOptions, module: 'app-module.ts' };
 
       const tree = await schematicRunner.runSchematic('pipe', options, appTree);
-      const appModule = getFileContent(tree, '/projects/bar/src/app/app-module.ts');
+      const appModule = tree.readText('/projects/bar/src/app/app-module.ts');
 
       expect(appModule).toMatch(/import { FooPipe } from '.\/foo-pipe'/);
     });
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ describe('Pipe Schematic', () => {
       const options = { ...defaultNonStandaloneOptions, export: true };
 
       const tree = await schematicRunner.runSchematic('pipe', options, appTree);
-      const appModuleContent = getFileContent(tree, '/projects/bar/src/app/app-module.ts');
+      const appModuleContent = tree.readText('/projects/bar/src/app/app-module.ts');
       expect(appModuleContent).toMatch(/exports: \[\n(\s*) {2}FooPipe\n\1\]/);
     });
 
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ describe('Pipe Schematic', () => {
       const files = tree.files;
       expect(files).toContain('/projects/bar/src/app/foo/foo-pipe.spec.ts');
       expect(files).toContain('/projects/bar/src/app/foo/foo-pipe.ts');
-      const moduleContent = getFileContent(tree, '/projects/bar/src/app/app-module.ts');
+      const moduleContent = tree.readText('/projects/bar/src/app/app-module.ts');
       expect(moduleContent).toMatch(/import.*Foo.*from '.\/foo\/foo-pipe'/);
       expect(moduleContent).toMatch(/declarations:\s*\[[^\]]+?,\r?\n\s+FooPipe\r?\n/m);
     });
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ describe('Pipe Schematic', () => {
       const newTree = createAppModule(appTree, routingModulePath);
       const options = { ...defaultNonStandaloneOptions, module: routingFileName };
       const tree = await schematicRunner.runSchematic('pipe', options, newTree);
-      const content = getFileContent(tree, routingModulePath);
+      const content = tree.readText(routingModulePath);
       expect(content).toMatch(/import { FooPipe } from '.\/foo-pipe/);
     });
 
diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/utility/ast-utils_spec.ts b/packages/schematics/angular/utility/ast-utils_spec.ts
index b5e2cda692c5..43259ccd6c8e 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/utility/ast-utils_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/utility/ast-utils_spec.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import { tags } from '@angular-devkit/core';
 import { HostTree } from '@angular-devkit/schematics';
 import * as ts from '../third_party/github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/lib/typescript';
 import { Change, InsertChange } from '../utility/change';
-import { getFileContent } from '../utility/test';
 import {
   addDeclarationToModule,
   addExportToModule,
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ function applyChanges(path: string, content: string, changes: Change[]): string
   }
   tree.commitUpdate(exportRecorder);
 
-  return getFileContent(tree, path);
+  return tree.readText(path);
 }
 
 describe('ast utils', () => {
diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/utility/test/get-file-content.ts b/packages/schematics/angular/utility/test/get-file-content.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 18cbb746e8f8..000000000000
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/utility/test/get-file-content.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @license
- * Copyright Google LLC All Rights Reserved.
- *
- * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
- * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.dev/license
- */
-
-import { Tree } from '@angular-devkit/schematics';
-
-export function getFileContent(tree: Tree, path: string): string {
-  const fileEntry = tree.get(path);
-
-  if (!fileEntry) {
-    throw new Error(`The file (${path}) does not exist.`);
-  }
-
-  return fileEntry.content.toString();
-}
diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/utility/test/index.ts b/packages/schematics/angular/utility/test/index.ts
index 03261cb3a222..b9b32c0dad2a 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/utility/test/index.ts
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/utility/test/index.ts
@@ -7,4 +7,3 @@
  */
 
 export * from './create-app-module';
-export * from './get-file-content';