diff --git a/MonoGame.Framework/Graphics/Effect/Effect.cs b/MonoGame.Framework/Graphics/Effect/Effect.cs
index 6ce1c991bee..11a05f7a146 100644
--- a/MonoGame.Framework/Graphics/Effect/Effect.cs
+++ b/MonoGame.Framework/Graphics/Effect/Effect.cs
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public Effect (GraphicsDevice graphicsDevice, byte[] effectCode, int index, int
             if (!graphicsDevice.EffectCache.TryGetValue(effectKey, out cloneSource))
             {
                 using (var stream = new MemoryStream(effectCode, index + headerSize, count - headerSize, false))
-            	using (var reader = new BinaryReaderEx(stream))
+            	using (var reader = new BinaryReader(stream))
             {
                 // Create one.
                 cloneSource = new Effect(graphicsDevice);
diff --git a/MonoGame.Framework/Utilities/BinaryReaderEx.cs b/MonoGame.Framework/Utilities/BinaryReaderEx.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 005afa4a043..00000000000
--- a/MonoGame.Framework/Utilities/BinaryReaderEx.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-// MonoGame - Copyright (C) The MonoGame Team
-// This file is subject to the terms and conditions defined in
-// file 'LICENSE.txt', which is part of this source code package.
-
-using System.IO;
-using System.Text;
-
-namespace MonoGame.Framework.Utilities
-{
-    public class BinaryReaderEx : BinaryReader
-    {
-        public BinaryReaderEx(Stream input) : base(input)
-        {
-        }
-
-        public BinaryReaderEx(Stream input, Encoding encoding) : base(input, encoding)
-        {
-        }
-
-        public BinaryReaderEx(Stream input, Encoding encoding, bool leaveOpen) : base(input, encoding, leaveOpen)
-        {
-        }
-
-        public new int Read7BitEncodedInt()
-        {
-            return base.Read7BitEncodedInt();
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/MonoGame.Framework/Utilities/BinaryWriterEx.cs b/MonoGame.Framework/Utilities/BinaryWriterEx.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 47998be76e0..00000000000
--- a/MonoGame.Framework/Utilities/BinaryWriterEx.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-// MonoGame - Copyright (C) The MonoGame Team
-// This file is subject to the terms and conditions defined in
-// file 'LICENSE.txt', which is part of this source code package.
-
-using System.IO;
-using System.Text;
-
-namespace MonoGame.Framework.Utilities
-{
-    public class BinaryWriterEx : BinaryWriter
-    {
-        protected BinaryWriterEx()
-        {
-        }
-
-        public BinaryWriterEx(Stream output) : base(output)
-        {
-        }
-
-        public BinaryWriterEx(Stream output, Encoding encoding) : base(output, encoding)
-        {
-        }
-
-        public BinaryWriterEx(Stream output, Encoding encoding, bool leaveOpen) : base(output, encoding, leaveOpen)
-        {
-        }
-
-        public new void Write7BitEncodedInt(int value)
-        {
-            base.Write7BitEncodedInt(value);
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/Tools/MonoGame.Effect.Compiler/Effect/EffectObject.writer.cs b/Tools/MonoGame.Effect.Compiler/Effect/EffectObject.writer.cs
index f6b267cb67f..1d3fc87d594 100644
--- a/Tools/MonoGame.Effect.Compiler/Effect/EffectObject.writer.cs
+++ b/Tools/MonoGame.Effect.Compiler/Effect/EffectObject.writer.cs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public void Write(BinaryWriter writer, Options options)
 
             // Write the rest to a memory stream.
             using(MemoryStream memStream = new MemoryStream())
-            using(BinaryWriterEx memWriter = new BinaryWriterEx(memStream))
+            using(BinaryWriter memWriter = new BinaryWriter(memStream))
             {
             // Write all the constant buffers.
                 memWriter.Write(ConstantBuffers.Count);
@@ -142,14 +142,14 @@ public void Write(BinaryWriter writer, Options options)
             writer.Write(Header.ToCharArray());
         }
 
-        private static void WriteParameters(BinaryWriterEx writer, d3dx_parameter[] parameters, int count)
+        private static void WriteParameters(BinaryWriter writer, d3dx_parameter[] parameters, int count)
         {
             writer.Write(count);
             for (var i = 0; i < count; i++)
                 WriteParameter(writer, parameters[i]);
         }
 
-        private static void WriteParameter(BinaryWriterEx writer, d3dx_parameter param)
+        private static void WriteParameter(BinaryWriter writer, d3dx_parameter param)
         {
             var class_ = ToXNAParameterClass(param.class_);
             var type = ToXNAParameterType(param.type);
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ private static void WriteParameter(BinaryWriterEx writer, d3dx_parameter param)
             }
         }
 
-        private static void WriteAnnotations(BinaryWriterEx writer, d3dx_parameter[] annotations)
+        private static void WriteAnnotations(BinaryWriter writer, d3dx_parameter[] annotations)
         {
             var count = annotations == null ? 0 : annotations.Length;
             writer.Write(count);
diff --git a/Tools/MonoGame.Effect.Compiler/MonoGame.Effect.Compiler.csproj b/Tools/MonoGame.Effect.Compiler/MonoGame.Effect.Compiler.csproj
index 8f849391c05..873de325637 100644
--- a/Tools/MonoGame.Effect.Compiler/MonoGame.Effect.Compiler.csproj
+++ b/Tools/MonoGame.Effect.Compiler/MonoGame.Effect.Compiler.csproj
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
     <Compile Include="..\..\MonoGame.Framework\Design\Vector4TypeConverter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="..\..\MonoGame.Framework\Design\VectorConversion.cs" />
     <Compile Include="..\..\MonoGame.Framework\Graphics\PackedVector\IPackedVector.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="..\..\MonoGame.Framework\Utilities\BinaryWriterEx.cs" />
     <Compile Include="..\..\MonoGame.Framework\Utilities\Hash.cs" />
     <Compile Include="..\..\MonoGame.Framework\Platform\Utilities\CurrentPlatform.cs" />
     <Compile Include="..\..\MonoGame.Framework.Content.Pipeline\ExternalTool.cs" />