diff --git a/repo_to_text/core/core.py b/repo_to_text/core/core.py
index ccc9460..b786d8e 100644
--- a/repo_to_text/core/core.py
+++ b/repo_to_text/core/core.py
@@ -352,33 +352,6 @@ def save_repo_to_text(
         return output_filepaths[0]
     return ""
 
-def _read_file_content(file_path: str) -> str:
-    """Read file content, handling binary files and broken symlinks.
-    
-    Args:
-        file_path: Path to the file to read
-        
-    Returns:
-        str: File content or appropriate message for special cases
-    """
-    try:
-        with open(file_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
-            return f.read()
-    except UnicodeDecodeError:
-        logging.debug('Handling binary file contents: %s', file_path)
-        with open(file_path, 'rb') as f_bin:
-            binary_content: bytes = f_bin.read()
-        return binary_content.decode('latin1')
-    except FileNotFoundError as e:
-        # Minimal handling for bad symlinks
-        if os.path.islink(file_path) and not os.path.exists(file_path):
-            try:
-                target = os.readlink(file_path)
-            except OSError:
-                target = ''
-            return f"[symlink] -> {target}"
-        raise e
-
 
 def generate_output_content(
         path: str,
@@ -453,8 +426,17 @@ def generate_output_content(
             cleaned_relative_path = relative_path.replace('./', '', 1)
             
             _add_chunk_to_output(f'\n<content full_path="{cleaned_relative_path}">\n')
-            file_content = _read_file_content(file_path)
-            _add_chunk_to_output(file_content)
+            
+            try:
+                with open(file_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+                    file_content = f.read()
+                _add_chunk_to_output(file_content)
+            except UnicodeDecodeError:
+                logging.debug('Handling binary file contents: %s', file_path)
+                with open(file_path, 'rb') as f_bin:
+                    binary_content: bytes = f_bin.read()
+                _add_chunk_to_output(binary_content.decode('latin1')) # Add decoded binary
+            
             _add_chunk_to_output('\n</content>\n')
 
     _add_chunk_to_output('\n</repo-to-text>\n')