diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index 31fd05dd3ab435..e7338997a5f1df 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -1220,9 +1220,9 @@ function futimesSync(fd, atime, mtime) {
   handleErrorFromBinding(ctx);
 }
 
-function writeAll(fd, isUserFd, buffer, offset, length, position, callback) {
+function writeAll(fd, isUserFd, buffer, offset, length, callback) {
   // write(fd, buffer, offset, length, position, callback)
-  fs.write(fd, buffer, offset, length, position, (writeErr, written) => {
+  fs.write(fd, buffer, offset, length, null, (writeErr, written) => {
     if (writeErr) {
       if (isUserFd) {
         callback(writeErr);
@@ -1240,10 +1240,7 @@ function writeAll(fd, isUserFd, buffer, offset, length, position, callback) {
     } else {
       offset += written;
       length -= written;
-      if (position !== null) {
-        position += written;
-      }
-      writeAll(fd, isUserFd, buffer, offset, length, position, callback);
+      writeAll(fd, isUserFd, buffer, offset, length, callback);
     }
   });
 }
@@ -1269,9 +1266,8 @@ function writeFile(path, data, options, callback) {
   function writeFd(fd, isUserFd) {
     const buffer = isArrayBufferView(data) ?
       data : Buffer.from('' + data, options.encoding || 'utf8');
-    const position = (/a/.test(flag) || isUserFd) ? null : 0;
 
-    writeAll(fd, isUserFd, buffer, 0, buffer.byteLength, position, callback);
+    writeAll(fd, isUserFd, buffer, 0, buffer.byteLength, callback);
   }
 }
 
@@ -1287,15 +1283,11 @@ function writeFileSync(path, data, options) {
   }
   let offset = 0;
   let length = data.byteLength;
-  let position = (/a/.test(flag) || isUserFd) ? null : 0;
   try {
     while (length > 0) {
-      const written = fs.writeSync(fd, data, offset, length, position);
+      const written = fs.writeSync(fd, data, offset, length);
       offset += written;
       length -= written;
-      if (position !== null) {
-        position += written;
-      }
     }
   } finally {
     if (!isUserFd) fs.closeSync(fd);