diff --git a/src/util.rs b/src/util.rs
index 5f6161c..9383c5c 100644
--- a/src/util.rs
+++ b/src/util.rs
@@ -149,101 +149,6 @@ impl FzfChild {
     }
 }
 
-/// Similar to [`fs::write`], but atomic (best effort on Windows).
-pub fn write(path: impl AsRef<Path>, contents: impl AsRef<[u8]>) -> Result<()> {
-    let path = path.as_ref();
-    let contents = contents.as_ref();
-    let dir = path.parent().unwrap();
-
-    // Create a tmpfile.
-    let (mut tmp_file, tmp_path) = tmpfile(dir)?;
-    let result = (|| {
-        // Write to the tmpfile.
-        _ = tmp_file.set_len(contents.len() as u64);
-        tmp_file
-            .write_all(contents)
-            .with_context(|| format!("could not write to file: {}", tmp_path.display()))?;
-
-        // Set the owner of the tmpfile (UNIX only).
-        #[cfg(unix)]
-        if let Ok(metadata) = path.metadata() {
-            use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
-
-            use nix::unistd::{self, Gid, Uid};
-
-            let uid = Uid::from_raw(metadata.uid());
-            let gid = Gid::from_raw(metadata.gid());
-            _ = unistd::fchown(&tmp_file, Some(uid), Some(gid));
-        }
-
-        // Close and rename the tmpfile.
-        // In some cases, errors from the last write() are reported only on close().
-        // Rust ignores errors from close(), since it occurs inside `Drop`. To
-        // catch these errors, we manually call `File::sync_all()` first.
-        tmp_file
-            .sync_all()
-            .with_context(|| format!("could not sync writes to file: {}", tmp_path.display()))?;
-        mem::drop(tmp_file);
-        rename(&tmp_path, path)
-    })();
-    // In case of an error, delete the tmpfile.
-    if result.is_err() {
-        _ = fs::remove_file(&tmp_path);
-    }
-    result
-}
-
-/// Atomically create a tmpfile in the given directory.
-fn tmpfile(dir: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<(File, PathBuf)> {
-    const MAX_ATTEMPTS: usize = 5;
-    const TMP_NAME_LEN: usize = 16;
-    let dir = dir.as_ref();
-
-    let mut attempts = 0;
-    loop {
-        attempts += 1;
-
-        // Generate a random name for the tmpfile.
-        let mut name = String::with_capacity(TMP_NAME_LEN);
-        name.push_str("tmp_");
-        while name.len() < TMP_NAME_LEN {
-            name.push(fastrand::alphanumeric());
-        }
-        let path = dir.join(name);
-
-        // Atomically create the tmpfile.
-        match OpenOptions::new().write(true).create_new(true).open(&path) {
-            Ok(file) => break Ok((file, path)),
-            Err(e) if e.kind() == io::ErrorKind::AlreadyExists && attempts < MAX_ATTEMPTS => {}
-            Err(e) => {
-                break Err(e).with_context(|| format!("could not create file: {}", path.display()));
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-/// Similar to [`fs::rename`], but with retries on Windows.
-fn rename(from: impl AsRef<Path>, to: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<()> {
-    let from = from.as_ref();
-    let to = to.as_ref();
-
-    const MAX_ATTEMPTS: usize = if cfg!(windows) { 5 } else { 1 };
-    let mut attempts = 0;
-
-    loop {
-        match fs::rename(from, to) {
-            Err(e) if e.kind() == io::ErrorKind::PermissionDenied && attempts < MAX_ATTEMPTS => {
-                attempts += 1
-            }
-            result => {
-                break result.with_context(|| {
-                    format!("could not rename file: {} -> {}", from.display(), to.display())
-                });
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 pub fn canonicalize(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<PathBuf> {
     dunce::canonicalize(&path)
         .with_context(|| format!("could not resolve path: {}", path.as_ref().display()))