diff --git a/Utilities/File.cpp b/Utilities/File.cpp
index b616ff9ff2..66b1c2f065 100644
--- a/Utilities/File.cpp
+++ b/Utilities/File.cpp
@@ -682,11 +682,10 @@ bool fs::truncate_file(const std::string& path, u64 length)
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	LARGE_INTEGER distance;
-	distance.QuadPart = length;
+	FILE_END_OF_FILE_INFO _eof;
+	_eof.EndOfFile.QuadPart = length;
 
-	// Seek and truncate
-	if (!SetFilePointerEx(handle, distance, NULL, FILE_BEGIN) || !SetEndOfFile(handle))
+	if (!SetFileInformationByHandle(handle, FileEndOfFileInfo, &_eof, sizeof(_eof)))
 	{
 		g_tls_error = to_error(GetLastError());
 		CloseHandle(handle);
@@ -846,23 +845,15 @@ fs::file::file(const std::string& path, bs_t<open_mode> mode)
 
 		bool trunc(u64 length) override
 		{
-			LARGE_INTEGER old, pos;
+			FILE_END_OF_FILE_INFO _eof;
+			_eof.EndOfFile.QuadPart = length;
 
-			pos.QuadPart = 0;
-			if (!SetFilePointerEx(m_handle, pos, &old, FILE_CURRENT)) // get old position
+			if (!SetFileInformationByHandle(m_handle, FileEndOfFileInfo, &_eof, sizeof(_eof)))
 			{
 				g_tls_error = to_error(GetLastError());
 				return false;
 			}
 
-			pos.QuadPart = length;
-			if (!SetFilePointerEx(m_handle, pos, NULL, FILE_BEGIN)) // set new position
-			{
-				g_tls_error = to_error(GetLastError());
-				return false;
-			}
-
-			verify("file::trunc" HERE), SetEndOfFile(m_handle), SetFilePointerEx(m_handle, old, NULL, FILE_BEGIN);
 			return true;
 		}
 
diff --git a/Utilities/Log.cpp b/Utilities/Log.cpp
index 7843048e7c..367903bfcd 100644
--- a/Utilities/Log.cpp
+++ b/Utilities/Log.cpp
@@ -348,12 +348,10 @@ logs::file_writer::~file_writer()
 #ifdef _WIN32
 	UnmapViewOfFile(m_fptr);
 	CloseHandle(m_fmap);
-	m_file.seek(m_size);
-	SetEndOfFile(m_file.get_handle());
 #else
 	::munmap(m_fptr, s_log_size);
-	m_file.trunc(m_size);
 #endif
+	m_file.trunc(m_size);
 }
 
 void logs::file_writer::log(logs::level sev, const char* text, std::size_t size)