diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 51cfef6130a..7fd59b70f41 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     "vscode-oniguruma": "1.5.1",
     "vscode-proxy-agent": "^0.11.0",
     "vscode-regexpp": "^3.1.0",
-    "vscode-ripgrep": "^1.11.3",
+    "vscode-ripgrep": "^1.12.0",
     "vscode-sqlite3": "4.0.11",
     "vscode-textmate": "5.4.0",
     "xterm": "4.13.0-beta.1",
diff --git a/remote/package.json b/remote/package.json
index df17e646d37..989e4d74cd2 100644
--- a/remote/package.json
+++ b/remote/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     "vscode-oniguruma": "1.5.1",
     "vscode-proxy-agent": "^0.11.0",
     "vscode-regexpp": "^3.1.0",
-    "vscode-ripgrep": "^1.11.3",
+    "vscode-ripgrep": "^1.12.0",
     "vscode-textmate": "5.4.0",
     "xterm": "4.13.0-beta.1",
     "xterm-addon-search": "0.9.0-beta.2",
diff --git a/remote/yarn.lock b/remote/yarn.lock
index dcb2398a9c2..daba32ad154 100644
--- a/remote/yarn.lock
+++ b/remote/yarn.lock
@@ -492,10 +492,10 @@ vscode-regexpp@^3.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/vscode-regexpp/-/vscode-regexpp-3.1.0.tgz#42d059b6fffe99bd42939c0d013f632f0cad823f"
   integrity sha512-pqtN65VC1jRLawfluX4Y80MMG0DHJydWhe5ZwMHewZD6sys4LbU6lHwFAHxeuaVE6Y6+xZOtAw+9hvq7/0ejkg==
 
-vscode-ripgrep@^1.11.3:
-  version "1.11.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/vscode-ripgrep/-/vscode-ripgrep-1.11.3.tgz#a997f4f4535dfeb9d775f04053c1247454d7a37a"
-  integrity sha512-fdD+BciXiEO1iWTrV/S3sAthlK/tHRBjHF+aJIZDxUMD/q9wpNq+YPFEiLCrW+8epahfR19241DeVHHgX/I4Ww==
+vscode-ripgrep@^1.12.0:
+  version "1.12.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/vscode-ripgrep/-/vscode-ripgrep-1.12.0.tgz#8fee3f892349f2bf1c7ef9743e3bbccb108ad9d7"
+  integrity sha512-tn+bM7RbVElyuIGjIFyuSZZSuqodDjPNVQeHdo9w7EOIFEOuNtXuZ82s/Sy59lG/gJyMEkXjXjKunbUNNa5kOw==
   dependencies:
     https-proxy-agent "^4.0.0"
     proxy-from-env "^1.1.0"
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/ripgrepTextSearchEngine.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/ripgrepTextSearchEngine.ts
index e96f0a0ced9..b95ee1431f8 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/ripgrepTextSearchEngine.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/ripgrepTextSearchEngine.ts
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ import { CancellationToken } from 'vs/base/common/cancellation';
 import { groupBy } from 'vs/base/common/collections';
 import { splitGlobAware } from 'vs/base/common/glob';
 import * as path from 'vs/base/common/path';
-import { createRegExp, escapeRegExpCharacters, startsWithUTF8BOM, stripUTF8BOM } from 'vs/base/common/strings';
+import { createRegExp, escapeRegExpCharacters } from 'vs/base/common/strings';
 import { URI } from 'vs/base/common/uri';
 import { Progress } from 'vs/platform/progress/common/progress';
 import { IExtendedExtensionSearchOptions, SearchError, SearchErrorCode, serializeSearchError } from 'vs/workbench/services/search/common/search';
 import { Range, TextSearchComplete, TextSearchContext, TextSearchMatch, TextSearchOptions, TextSearchPreviewOptions, TextSearchQuery, TextSearchResult } from 'vs/workbench/services/search/common/searchExtTypes';
-import { RegExpParser, RegExpVisitor, AST as ReAST } from 'vscode-regexpp';
+import { AST as ReAST, RegExpParser, RegExpVisitor } from 'vscode-regexpp';
 import { rgPath } from 'vscode-ripgrep';
 import { anchorGlob, createTextSearchResult, IOutputChannel, Maybe } from './ripgrepSearchUtils';
 
@@ -272,12 +272,7 @@ export class RipgrepParser extends EventEmitter {
 
 	private createTextSearchMatch(data: IRgMatch, uri: URI): TextSearchMatch {
 		const lineNumber = data.line_number - 1;
-		let isBOMStripped = false;
-		let fullText = bytesOrTextToString(data.lines);
-		if (lineNumber === 0 && startsWithUTF8BOM(fullText)) {
-			isBOMStripped = true;
-			fullText = stripUTF8BOM(fullText);
-		}
+		const fullText = bytesOrTextToString(data.lines);
 		const fullTextBytes = Buffer.from(fullText);
 
 		let prevMatchEnd = 0;
@@ -306,12 +301,7 @@ export class RipgrepParser extends EventEmitter {
 				this.hitLimit = true;
 			}
 
-			let matchText = bytesOrTextToString(match.match);
-			if (lineNumber === 0 && i === 0 && isBOMStripped) {
-				matchText = stripUTF8BOM(matchText);
-				match.start = match.start <= 3 ? 0 : match.start - 3;
-				match.end = match.end <= 3 ? 0 : match.end - 3;
-			}
+			const matchText = bytesOrTextToString(match.match);
 			const inBetweenChars = fullTextBytes.slice(prevMatchEnd, match.start).toString().length;
 			const startCol = prevMatchEndCol + inBetweenChars;
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c73b86c4a03..bb853600780 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -10055,6 +10055,14 @@ vscode-ripgrep@^1.11.3:
     https-proxy-agent "^4.0.0"
     proxy-from-env "^1.1.0"
 
+vscode-ripgrep@^1.12.0:
+  version "1.12.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/vscode-ripgrep/-/vscode-ripgrep-1.12.0.tgz#8fee3f892349f2bf1c7ef9743e3bbccb108ad9d7"
+  integrity sha512-tn+bM7RbVElyuIGjIFyuSZZSuqodDjPNVQeHdo9w7EOIFEOuNtXuZ82s/Sy59lG/gJyMEkXjXjKunbUNNa5kOw==
+  dependencies:
+    https-proxy-agent "^4.0.0"
+    proxy-from-env "^1.1.0"
+
 vscode-sqlite3@4.0.11:
   version "4.0.11"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/vscode-sqlite3/-/vscode-sqlite3-4.0.11.tgz#8f41ec8f4c03e24a284a74c5fad322ea39141f15"