diff --git a/internal/hcs/syscall.go b/internal/hcs/syscall.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ded2175c50..0000000000
--- a/internal/hcs/syscall.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-package hcs
-
-//go:generate go run ../../mksyscall_windows.go -output zsyscall_windows.go syscall.go
-
-//sys hcsFormatWritableLayerVhd(handle uintptr) (hr error) = computestorage.HcsFormatWritableLayerVhd
diff --git a/internal/hcs/utils.go b/internal/hcs/utils.go
index b474604bd2..3342e5bb94 100644
--- a/internal/hcs/utils.go
+++ b/internal/hcs/utils.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/Microsoft/go-winio"
 	diskutil "github.com/Microsoft/go-winio/vhd"
+	"github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim/computestorage"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"golang.org/x/sys/windows"
 )
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ func makeOpenFiles(hs []syscall.Handle) (_ []io.ReadWriteCloser, err error) {
 	return fs, nil
 }
 
-// creates a VHD formatted with NTFS of size `sizeGB` at the given `vhdPath`.
+// CreateNTFSVHD creates a VHD formatted with NTFS of size `sizeGB` at the given `vhdPath`.
 func CreateNTFSVHD(ctx context.Context, vhdPath string, sizeGB uint32) (err error) {
 	if err := diskutil.CreateVhdx(vhdPath, sizeGB, 1); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to create VHD")
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ func CreateNTFSVHD(ctx context.Context, vhdPath string, sizeGB uint32) (err erro
 		}
 	}()
 
-	if err := hcsFormatWritableLayerVhd(uintptr(vhd)); err != nil {
+	if err := computestorage.FormatWritableLayerVhd(ctx, windows.Handle(vhd)); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to format VHD")
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/hcs/zsyscall_windows.go b/internal/hcs/zsyscall_windows.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 39396d2726..0000000000
--- a/internal/hcs/zsyscall_windows.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-// Code generated mksyscall_windows.exe DO NOT EDIT
-
-package hcs
-
-import (
-	"syscall"
-	"unsafe"
-
-	"golang.org/x/sys/windows"
-)
-
-var _ unsafe.Pointer
-
-// Do the interface allocations only once for common
-// Errno values.
-const (
-	errnoERROR_IO_PENDING = 997
-)
-
-var (
-	errERROR_IO_PENDING error = syscall.Errno(errnoERROR_IO_PENDING)
-)
-
-// errnoErr returns common boxed Errno values, to prevent
-// allocations at runtime.
-func errnoErr(e syscall.Errno) error {
-	switch e {
-	case 0:
-		return nil
-	case errnoERROR_IO_PENDING:
-		return errERROR_IO_PENDING
-	}
-	// TODO: add more here, after collecting data on the common
-	// error values see on Windows. (perhaps when running
-	// all.bat?)
-	return e
-}
-
-var (
-	modcomputestorage = windows.NewLazySystemDLL("computestorage.dll")
-
-	procHcsFormatWritableLayerVhd = modcomputestorage.NewProc("HcsFormatWritableLayerVhd")
-)
-
-func hcsFormatWritableLayerVhd(handle uintptr) (hr error) {
-	r0, _, _ := syscall.Syscall(procHcsFormatWritableLayerVhd.Addr(), 1, uintptr(handle), 0, 0)
-	if int32(r0) < 0 {
-		if r0&0x1fff0000 == 0x00070000 {
-			r0 &= 0xffff
-		}
-		hr = syscall.Errno(r0)
-	}
-	return
-}