diff --git a/src/env/node/git/localGitProvider.ts b/src/env/node/git/localGitProvider.ts
index eeee780..e49f9dd 100644
--- a/src/env/node/git/localGitProvider.ts
+++ b/src/env/node/git/localGitProvider.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { readdir, realpath } from 'fs';
 import { homedir, hostname, userInfo } from 'os';
 import { resolve as resolvePath } from 'path';
 import { env as process_env } from 'process';
+import { encodingExists } from 'iconv-lite';
 import type { CancellationToken, Event, TextDocument, WorkspaceFolder } from 'vscode';
 import { Disposable, env, EventEmitter, extensions, FileType, Range, Uri, window, workspace } from 'vscode';
 import { fetch, getProxyAgent } from '@env/fetch';
@@ -44,7 +45,6 @@ import type {
 	ScmRepository,
 } from '../../../git/gitProvider';
 import { GitProviderId, RepositoryVisibility } from '../../../git/gitProvider';
-import { GitProviderService } from '../../../git/gitProviderService';
 import { encodeGitLensRevisionUriAuthority, GitUri } from '../../../git/gitUri';
 import type { GitBlame, GitBlameAuthor, GitBlameLine, GitBlameLines } from '../../../git/models/blame';
 import type { BranchSortOptions } from '../../../git/models/branch';
@@ -2336,7 +2336,7 @@ export class LocalGitProvider implements GitProvider, Disposable {
 			uri.fsPath,
 			ref1,
 			ref2,
-			{ encoding: GitProviderService.getEncoding(uri) },
+			{ encoding: getEncoding(uri) },
 			doc,
 			key,
 			scope,
@@ -2424,7 +2424,7 @@ export class LocalGitProvider implements GitProvider, Disposable {
 			uri.fsPath,
 			ref,
 			contents,
-			{ encoding: GitProviderService.getEncoding(uri) },
+			{ encoding: getEncoding(uri) },
 			doc,
 			key,
 			scope,
@@ -4838,3 +4838,8 @@ export class LocalGitProvider implements GitProvider, Disposable {
 		);
 	}
 }
+
+function getEncoding(uri: Uri): string {
+	const encoding = configuration.getAny<string>('files.encoding', uri);
+	return encoding != null && encodingExists(encoding) ? encoding : 'utf8';
+}
diff --git a/src/git/gitProviderService.ts b/src/git/gitProviderService.ts
index ef10b45..72c374b 100644
--- a/src/git/gitProviderService.ts
+++ b/src/git/gitProviderService.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { encodingExists } from 'iconv-lite';
 import type {
 	CancellationToken,
 	ConfigurationChangeEvent,
@@ -2515,9 +2514,4 @@ export class GitProviderService implements Disposable {
 		const { provider, path } = this.getProvider(repoPath);
 		return provider.getOrOpenScmRepository(path);
 	}
-
-	static getEncoding(uri: Uri): string {
-		const encoding = configuration.getAny<string>('files.encoding', uri);
-		return encoding != null && encodingExists(encoding) ? encoding : 'utf8';
-	}
 }