diff --git a/libs/sync/repofiles/repofiles.go b/libs/sync/repofiles/repofiles.go
index 6ea9f6bd..cfbf762f 100644
--- a/libs/sync/repofiles/repofiles.go
+++ b/libs/sync/repofiles/repofiles.go
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 package repofiles
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/filer"
 	"github.com/databricks/databricks-sdk-go"
 	"github.com/databricks/databricks-sdk-go/apierr"
+	"github.com/databricks/databricks-sdk-go/client"
 	"github.com/databricks/databricks-sdk-go/service/workspace"
 )
 
@@ -21,32 +22,21 @@ type RepoFileOptions struct {
 }
 
 // RepoFiles wraps reading and writing into a remote repo with safeguards to prevent
-// accidental deletion of repos and more robust methods to overwrite workspac e files
+// accidental deletion of repos and more robust methods to overwrite workspace files
 type RepoFiles struct {
 	*RepoFileOptions
 
 	repoRoot        string
 	localRoot       string
 	workspaceClient *databricks.WorkspaceClient
-	f               filer.Filer
 }
 
-func Create(repoRoot, localRoot string, w *databricks.WorkspaceClient, opts *RepoFileOptions) (*RepoFiles, error) {
-	// override default timeout to support uploading larger files
-	w.Config.HTTPTimeoutSeconds = 600
-
-	// create filer to interact with WSFS
-	f, err := filer.NewWorkspaceFilesClient(w, repoRoot)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+func Create(repoRoot, localRoot string, workspaceClient *databricks.WorkspaceClient) *RepoFiles {
 	return &RepoFiles{
 		repoRoot:        repoRoot,
 		localRoot:       localRoot,
-		workspaceClient: w,
-		RepoFileOptions: opts,
-		f:               f,
-	}, nil
+		workspaceClient: workspaceClient,
+	}
 }
 
 func (r *RepoFiles) remotePath(relativePath string) (string, error) {
@@ -68,25 +58,36 @@ func (r *RepoFiles) readLocal(relativePath string) ([]byte, error) {
 }
 
 func (r *RepoFiles) writeRemote(ctx context.Context, relativePath string, content []byte) error {
-	if !r.OverwriteIfExists {
-		return r.f.Write(ctx, relativePath, bytes.NewReader(content), filer.CreateParentDirectories)
+	apiClientConfig := r.workspaceClient.Config
+	apiClientConfig.HTTPTimeoutSeconds = 600
+	apiClient, err := client.New(apiClientConfig)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
+	remotePath, err := r.remotePath(relativePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	escapedPath := url.PathEscape(strings.TrimLeft(remotePath, "/"))
+	apiPath := fmt.Sprintf("/api/2.0/workspace-files/import-file/%s?overwrite=%t", escapedPath, r.OverwriteIfExists)
 
-	err := r.f.Write(ctx, relativePath, bytes.NewReader(content), filer.CreateParentDirectories, filer.OverwriteIfExists)
+	err = apiClient.Do(ctx, http.MethodPost, apiPath, content, nil)
 
-	// TODO(pietern): Use the new FS interface to avoid needing to make a recursive
-	// delete call here. This call is dangerous
+	// Handling some edge cases when an upload might fail
+	//
+	// We cannot do more precise error scoping here because the API does not
+	// provide descriptive errors yet
+	//
+	// TODO: narrow down the error condition scope of this "if" block to only
+	// trigger for the specific edge cases instead of all errors once the API
+	// implements them
 	if err != nil {
 		// Delete any artifact files incase non overwriteable by the current file
 		// type and thus are failing the PUT request.
 		// files, folders and notebooks might not have been cleaned up and they
 		// can't overwrite each other. If a folder `foo` exists, then attempts to
 		// PUT a file `foo` will fail
-		remotePath, err := r.remotePath(relativePath)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		err = r.workspaceClient.Workspace.Delete(ctx,
+		err := r.workspaceClient.Workspace.Delete(ctx,
 			workspace.Delete{
 				Path:      remotePath,
 				Recursive: true,
@@ -101,15 +102,33 @@ func (r *RepoFiles) writeRemote(ctx context.Context, relativePath string, conten
 			return err
 		}
 
-		// Attempt to write the file again, this time without the CreateParentDirectories and
-		// OverwriteIfExists flags
-		return r.f.Write(ctx, relativePath, bytes.NewReader(content))
+		// Mkdir parent dirs incase they are what's causing the PUT request to
+		// fail
+		err = r.workspaceClient.Workspace.MkdirsByPath(ctx, path.Dir(remotePath))
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("could not mkdir to put file: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		// Attempt to upload file again after cleanup/setup
+		err = apiClient.Do(ctx, http.MethodPost, apiPath, content, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
 func (r *RepoFiles) deleteRemote(ctx context.Context, relativePath string) error {
-	return r.f.Delete(ctx, relativePath)
+	remotePath, err := r.remotePath(relativePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return r.workspaceClient.Workspace.Delete(ctx,
+		workspace.Delete{
+			Path:      remotePath,
+			Recursive: false,
+		},
+	)
 }
 
 // The API calls for a python script foo.py would be
@@ -141,3 +160,6 @@ func (r *RepoFiles) DeleteFile(ctx context.Context, relativePath string) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// TODO: write integration tests for all non happy path cases that rely on
+// specific behaviour of the workspace apis
diff --git a/libs/sync/repofiles/repofiles_test.go b/libs/sync/repofiles/repofiles_test.go
index dc9abbcd..2a881d90 100644
--- a/libs/sync/repofiles/repofiles_test.go
+++ b/libs/sync/repofiles/repofiles_test.go
@@ -6,13 +6,11 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func TestRepoFilesRemotePath(t *testing.T) {
 	repoRoot := "/Repos/doraemon/bar"
-	repoFiles, err := Create(repoRoot, "/doraemon/foo/bar", nil, nil)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
+	repoFiles := Create(repoRoot, "/doraemon/foo/bar", nil)
 
 	remotePath, err := repoFiles.remotePath("a/b/c")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -83,8 +81,7 @@ func TestRepoReadLocal(t *testing.T) {
 	err := os.WriteFile(helloPath, []byte("my name is doraemon :P"), os.ModePerm)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	repoFiles, err := Create("/Repos/doraemon/bar", tempDir, nil, nil)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
+	repoFiles := Create("/Repos/doraemon/bar", tempDir, nil)
 	bytes, err := repoFiles.readLocal("./a/../hello.txt")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, "my name is doraemon :P", string(bytes))