diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting/HostingEnvironment.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting/HostingEnvironment.cs
index acafebc789..7644d5f38b 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting/HostingEnvironment.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting/HostingEnvironment.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Microsoft.AspNet.FileSystems;
 using Microsoft.Framework.Runtime;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting
@@ -10,9 +11,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting
     {
         private const string DefaultEnvironmentName = "Development";
 
-        public HostingEnvironment(IEnumerable<IConfigureHostingEnvironment> configures)
+        public HostingEnvironment(IApplicationEnvironment appEnvironment, IEnumerable<IConfigureHostingEnvironment> configures)
         {
             EnvironmentName = DefaultEnvironmentName;
+            WebRoot = HostingUtilities.GetWebRoot(appEnvironment.ApplicationBasePath);
+            WebRootFileSystem = new PhysicalFileSystem(WebRoot);
             foreach (var configure in configures)
             {
                 configure.Configure(this);
@@ -20,5 +23,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting
         }
 
         public string EnvironmentName { get; set; }
+
+        public string WebRoot { get; private set; }
+
+        public IFileSystem WebRootFileSystem { get; private set; }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting/HostingServicesCollectionExtensions.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting/HostingServicesCollectionExtensions.cs
index ee9fea15aa..ac661999b2 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting/HostingServicesCollectionExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting/HostingServicesCollectionExtensions.cs
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.Framework.DependencyInjection
 
             services.TryAdd(describer.Instance<IApplicationLifetime>(new ApplicationLifetime()));
 
-            services.TryAdd(describer.Singleton<IWebRootFileSystemProvider, WebRootFileSystemProvider>());
-
             services.AddTypeActivator(configuration);
             // TODO: Do we expect this to be provide by the runtime eventually?
             services.AddLogging(configuration);
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting/IHostingEnvironment.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting/IHostingEnvironment.cs
index 380c72550e..6505f1cf57 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting/IHostingEnvironment.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting/IHostingEnvironment.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
+using Microsoft.AspNet.FileSystems;
 using Microsoft.Framework.Runtime;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting
@@ -9,5 +10,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting
     public interface IHostingEnvironment
     {
         string EnvironmentName { get; set; }
+
+        string WebRoot { get; }
+
+        IFileSystem WebRootFileSystem { get; }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting/IWebRootFileSystemProvider.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting/IWebRootFileSystemProvider.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f65cff6e4..0000000000
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting/IWebRootFileSystemProvider.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
-
-using Microsoft.AspNet.FileSystems;
-using Microsoft.Framework.Runtime;
-
-namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting
-{
-    [AssemblyNeutral]
-    public interface IWebRootFileSystemProvider
-    {
-        string WebRoot { get; }
-
-        IFileSystem GetFileSystem();
-
-        string MapPath(string path);
-    }
-}
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diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting/WebRootFileSystemProvider.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting/WebRootFileSystemProvider.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 79fefaab5e..0000000000
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting/WebRootFileSystemProvider.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
-
-using System;
-using System.IO;
-using Microsoft.AspNet.FileSystems;
-using Microsoft.Framework.Runtime;
-
-namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting
-{
-    public class WebRootFileSystemProvider : IWebRootFileSystemProvider
-    {
-        private readonly IFileSystem _fileSystem;
-
-        public WebRootFileSystemProvider(IApplicationEnvironment appEnvironment)
-        {
-            var root = HostingUtilities.GetWebRoot(appEnvironment.ApplicationBasePath);
-
-            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(root) &&
-                root[root.Length - 1] != Path.DirectorySeparatorChar)
-            {
-                root += Path.DirectorySeparatorChar;
-            }
-
-            WebRoot = root;
-
-            _fileSystem = new PhysicalFileSystem(WebRoot);
-        }
-
-        public string WebRoot { get; private set; }
-
-        public IFileSystem GetFileSystem()
-        {
-            return _fileSystem;
-        }
-
-        public string MapPath(string path)
-        {
-            var fullPath = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(WebRoot, path));
-
-            // Don't allow MapPath to escape the base root directory
-            if (!fullPath.StartsWith(WebRoot, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentException("Invalid path: " + path, nameof(path));
-            }
-
-            return fullPath;
-        }
-    }
-}
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diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting.Tests/HostingEngineTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting.Tests/HostingEngineTests.cs
index 3677b8041d..e2e0ba6852 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting.Tests/HostingEngineTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting.Tests/HostingEngineTests.cs
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting
         public void WebRootCanBeResolvedFromTheProjectJson()
         {
             var services = HostingServices.Create().BuildServiceProvider();
-            var provider = services.GetRequiredService<IWebRootFileSystemProvider>();
-            Assert.Equal(Path.GetFullPath("testroot") + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar, provider.WebRoot);
-            Assert.True(provider.GetFileSystem().GetFileInfo("TextFile.txt").Exists);
+            var env = services.GetRequiredService<IHostingEnvironment>();
+            Assert.Equal(Path.GetFullPath("testroot"), env.WebRoot);
+            Assert.True(env.WebRootFileSystem.GetFileInfo("TextFile.txt").Exists);
         }
 
         public void Initialize(IApplicationBuilder builder)
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.TestHost.Tests/TestServerTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.TestHost.Tests/TestServerTests.cs
index c64c0af3fc..9a1a2c7b19 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.TestHost.Tests/TestServerTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.TestHost.Tests/TestServerTests.cs
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.TestHost
         {
             TestServer server = TestServer.Create(app =>
             {
-                var provider = app.ApplicationServices.GetRequiredService<IWebRootFileSystemProvider>();
-                Assert.Equal(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar, provider.WebRoot);
+                var env = app.ApplicationServices.GetRequiredService<IHostingEnvironment>();
+                Assert.Equal(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), env.WebRoot);
             });
         }