diff --git a/src/Mvc/Mvc.Core/src/FileContentResult.cs b/src/Mvc/Mvc.Core/src/FileContentResult.cs
index 0c33859001..b289f20413 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/Mvc.Core/src/FileContentResult.cs
+++ b/src/Mvc/Mvc.Core/src/FileContentResult.cs
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc
         public FileContentResult(byte[] fileContents, string contentType)
             : this(fileContents, MediaTypeHeaderValue.Parse(contentType))
         {
-            if (fileContents == null)
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(fileContents));
-            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -80,4 +76,4 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc
             return executor.ExecuteAsync(context, this);
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/Mvc/Mvc.Core/src/VirtualFileResult.cs b/src/Mvc/Mvc.Core/src/VirtualFileResult.cs
index af075b5a09..e44b0623ff 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/Mvc.Core/src/VirtualFileResult.cs
+++ b/src/Mvc/Mvc.Core/src/VirtualFileResult.cs
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc
         public VirtualFileResult(string fileName, string contentType)
             : this(fileName, MediaTypeHeaderValue.Parse(contentType))
         {
-            if (fileName == null)
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(fileName));
-            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>