diff --git a/sdks/go/pkg/beam/io/textio/textio.go b/sdks/go/pkg/beam/io/textio/textio.go
index a6f909aea1a6..ed8be0a42b25 100644
--- a/sdks/go/pkg/beam/io/textio/textio.go
+++ b/sdks/go/pkg/beam/io/textio/textio.go
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import (
 
 func init() {
 	beam.RegisterType(reflect.TypeOf((*readFn)(nil)).Elem())
-	beam.RegisterFunction(sizeFn)
 	beam.RegisterType(reflect.TypeOf((*writeFileFn)(nil)).Elem())
 	beam.RegisterFunction(expandFn)
 }
@@ -82,8 +81,7 @@ func ReadAllSdf(s beam.Scope, col beam.PCollection) beam.PCollection {
 // into separate bundles.
 func read(s beam.Scope, col beam.PCollection) beam.PCollection {
 	files := beam.ParDo(s, expandFn, col)
-	sized := beam.ParDo(s, sizeFn, files)
-	return beam.ParDo(s, &readFn{}, sized)
+	return beam.ParDo(s, &readFn{}, files)
 }
 
 // expandFn expands a glob pattern into all matching file names.
@@ -108,36 +106,29 @@ func expandFn(ctx context.Context, glob string, emit func(string)) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// sizeFn pairs a filename with the size of that file in bytes.
-// TODO(https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/20607): Once CreateInitialRestriction supports Context params and
-// error return values, this can be done in readSdfFn.CreateInitialRestriction.
-func sizeFn(ctx context.Context, filename string) (string, int64, error) {
+// readFn reads individual lines from a text file. Implemented as an SDF
+// to allow splitting within a file.
+type readFn struct {
+}
+
+// CreateInitialRestriction creates an offset range restriction representing
+// the file's size in bytes.
+func (fn *readFn) CreateInitialRestriction(ctx context.Context, filename string) (offsetrange.Restriction, error) {
 	fs, err := filesystem.New(ctx, filename)
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", -1, err
+		return offsetrange.Restriction{}, err
 	}
 	defer fs.Close()
 
 	size, err := fs.Size(ctx, filename)
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", -1, err
+		return offsetrange.Restriction{}, err
 	}
-	return filename, size, nil
-}
 
-// readFn reads individual lines from a text file, given a filename and a
-// size in bytes for that file. Implemented as an SDF to allow splitting
-// within a file.
-type readFn struct {
-}
-
-// CreateInitialRestriction creates an offset range restriction representing
-// the file, using the paired size rather than fetching the file's size.
-func (fn *readFn) CreateInitialRestriction(_ string, size int64) offsetrange.Restriction {
 	return offsetrange.Restriction{
 		Start: 0,
 		End:   size,
-	}
+	}, nil
 }
 
 const (
@@ -150,7 +141,7 @@ const (
 
 // SplitRestriction splits each file restriction into blocks of a predeterined
 // size, with some checks to avoid having small remainders.
-func (fn *readFn) SplitRestriction(_ string, _ int64, rest offsetrange.Restriction) []offsetrange.Restriction {
+func (fn *readFn) SplitRestriction(_ string, rest offsetrange.Restriction) []offsetrange.Restriction {
 	splits := rest.SizedSplits(blockSize)
 	numSplits := len(splits)
 	if numSplits > 1 {
@@ -165,7 +156,7 @@ func (fn *readFn) SplitRestriction(_ string, _ int64, rest offsetrange.Restricti
 }
 
 // Size returns the size of each restriction as its range.
-func (fn *readFn) RestrictionSize(_ string, _ int64, rest offsetrange.Restriction) float64 {
+func (fn *readFn) RestrictionSize(_ string, rest offsetrange.Restriction) float64 {
 	return rest.Size()
 }
 
@@ -183,7 +174,7 @@ func (fn *readFn) CreateTracker(rest offsetrange.Restriction) *sdf.LockRTracker
 // begin within the restriction and past the restriction (those are entirely
 // output, including the portion outside the restriction). In some cases a
 // valid restriction might not output any lines.
-func (fn *readFn) ProcessElement(ctx context.Context, rt *sdf.LockRTracker, filename string, _ int64, emit func(string)) error {
+func (fn *readFn) ProcessElement(ctx context.Context, rt *sdf.LockRTracker, filename string, emit func(string)) error {
 	log.Infof(ctx, "Reading from %v", filename)
 
 	fs, err := filesystem.New(ctx, filename)