diff --git a/src/features/definitionProvider.ts b/src/features/definitionProvider.ts
index 1d8e84256..3982995fb 100644
--- a/src/features/definitionProvider.ts
+++ b/src/features/definitionProvider.ts
@@ -87,17 +87,7 @@ export default class CSharpDefinitionProvider extends AbstractSupport implements
                     locations.push(new Location(uri, vscodeRange));
                 } else if (definition.SourceGeneratedFileInfo) {
                     // File is source generated
-                    let uri = this.sourceGeneratedDocumentProvider.tryGetExistingSourceGeneratedFile(definition.SourceGeneratedFileInfo);
-                    if (!uri) {
-                        const sourceGeneratedFileResponse = await serverUtils.getSourceGeneratedFile(this._server, definition.SourceGeneratedFileInfo, token);
-
-                        if (!sourceGeneratedFileResponse || !sourceGeneratedFileResponse.Source || !sourceGeneratedFileResponse.SourceName) {
-                            continue;
-                        }
-
-                        uri = this.sourceGeneratedDocumentProvider.addSourceGeneratedFile(definition.SourceGeneratedFileInfo, sourceGeneratedFileResponse);
-                    }
-
+                    let uri = this.sourceGeneratedDocumentProvider.addSourceGeneratedFileWithoutInitialContent(definition.SourceGeneratedFileInfo, definition.Location.FileName);
                     locations.push(new Location(uri, toRange3(definition.Location.Range)));
                 } else {
                     // if it is a normal source definition, convert the response to a location
diff --git a/src/features/sourceGeneratedDocumentProvider.ts b/src/features/sourceGeneratedDocumentProvider.ts
index e5e187940..52d77f1db 100644
--- a/src/features/sourceGeneratedDocumentProvider.ts
+++ b/src/features/sourceGeneratedDocumentProvider.ts
@@ -110,34 +110,6 @@ export default class SourceGeneratedDocumentProvider implements TextDocumentCont
         return uri;
     }
 
-    public addSourceGeneratedFile(fileInfo: SourceGeneratedFileInfo, response: SourceGeneratedFileResponse): Uri {
-        if (this._documents.has(fileInfo)) {
-            // Raced with something, return the existing one
-            return this.tryGetExistingSourceGeneratedFile(fileInfo);
-        }
-
-        const uri = this.getUriForName(response.SourceName);
-        const uriString = uri.toString();
-
-        let triggerUpdate = false;
-
-        if (this._uriToDocumentInfo.has(uriString)) {
-            // Old version of the file in the cache. Remove it, and after it's replaced trigger vscode to update the file.
-            this._documents.delete(fileInfo);
-            this._uriToDocumentInfo.delete(uriString);
-            triggerUpdate = true;
-        }
-
-        this._documents.set(fileInfo, response);
-        this._uriToDocumentInfo.set(uriString, fileInfo);
-
-        if (triggerUpdate) {
-            this._onDidChangeEmitter.fire(uri);
-        }
-
-        return uri;
-    }
-
     public async provideTextDocumentContent(uri: Uri, token: CancellationToken): Promise<string> {
         const fileInfo = this._uriToDocumentInfo.get(uri.toString());
         let response = this._documents.get(fileInfo);