diff --git a/bin/convert.rs b/bin/convert.rs
index 151fc29674..978756cffb 100644
--- a/bin/convert.rs
+++ b/bin/convert.rs
@@ -237,23 +237,12 @@ fn main() {
                 _ => unreachable!(),
             };
 
-            let file = fs::OpenOptions::new()
-                .write(true)
-                .truncate(true)
-                .create(true)
-                .open(output_path)
-                .unwrap();
-
-            let mut writer = glsl::Writer::new(file, &module, info.as_ref().unwrap(), &params.glsl)
-                .unwrap_pretty();
-
-            writer
-                .write()
-                .map_err(|e| {
-                    fs::remove_file(output_path).unwrap();
-                    e
-                })
-                .unwrap();
+            let mut buffer = String::new();
+            let mut writer =
+                glsl::Writer::new(&mut buffer, &module, info.as_ref().unwrap(), &params.glsl)
+                    .unwrap_pretty();
+            writer.write().unwrap();
+            fs::write(output_path, buffer).unwrap();
         }
         #[cfg(feature = "dot-out")]
         "dot" => {
diff --git a/src/back/glsl/features.rs b/src/back/glsl/features.rs
index d5c835f9d0..5ae44b71d9 100644
--- a/src/back/glsl/features.rs
+++ b/src/back/glsl/features.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use crate::{
     Binding, Bytes, Handle, ImageClass, ImageDimension, Interpolation, Sampling, ScalarKind,
     ShaderStage, StorageClass, StorageFormat, Type, TypeInner,
 };
-use std::io::Write;
+use std::fmt::Write;
 
 bitflags::bitflags! {
     /// Structure used to encode a set of additions to glsl that aren't supported by all versions
diff --git a/src/back/glsl/mod.rs b/src/back/glsl/mod.rs
index 11b4c2fd08..4a5f5d643f 100644
--- a/src/back/glsl/mod.rs
+++ b/src/back/glsl/mod.rs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ use features::FeaturesManager;
 use std::{
     cmp::Ordering,
     fmt,
-    io::{Error as IoError, Write},
+    fmt::{Error as FmtError, Write},
 };
 use thiserror::Error;
 
@@ -271,8 +271,8 @@ type BackendResult = Result<(), Error>;
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 pub enum Error {
     /// A error occurred while writing to the output
-    #[error("I/O error")]
-    IoError(#[from] IoError),
+    #[error("Format error")]
+    FmtError(#[from] FmtError),
     /// The specified [`Version`](Version) doesn't have all required [`Features`](super)
     ///
     /// Contains the missing [`Features`](Features)
diff --git a/tests/snapshots.rs b/tests/snapshots.rs
index a52b8b6f5e..bbb92b3b41 100644
--- a/tests/snapshots.rs
+++ b/tests/snapshots.rs
@@ -189,14 +189,12 @@ fn check_output_glsl(
         entry_point: ep_name.to_string(),
     };
 
-    let mut buffer = Vec::new();
+    let mut buffer = String::new();
     let mut writer = glsl::Writer::new(&mut buffer, module, info, &options).unwrap();
     writer.write().unwrap();
 
-    let string = String::from_utf8(buffer).unwrap();
-
     let ext = format!("{:?}.glsl", stage);
-    fs::write(destination.with_extension(&ext), string).unwrap();
+    fs::write(destination.with_extension(&ext), buffer).unwrap();
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "hlsl-out")]