core/modules/hal/src/Normalizer/FileEntityNormalizer.php | 15 +++++----------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/modules/hal/src/Normalizer/FileEntityNormalizer.php b/core/modules/hal/src/Normalizer/FileEntityNormalizer.php
index d2cf4e7..ec870e9 100644
--- a/core/modules/hal/src/Normalizer/FileEntityNormalizer.php
+++ b/core/modules/hal/src/Normalizer/FileEntityNormalizer.php
@@ -59,17 +59,12 @@ public function normalize($entity, $format = NULL, array $context = []) {
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function denormalize($data, $class, $format = NULL, array $context = []) {
-    if (isset($data['uri'])) {
-      $file_data = (string) $this->httpClient->get($data['uri'][0]['value'])->getBody();
+    $file_data = (string) $this->httpClient->get($data['uri'][0]['value'])->getBody();
 
-      $path = 'temporary://' . drupal_basename($data['uri'][0]['value']);
-      $data['uri'] = file_unmanaged_save_data($file_data, $path);
-      if (!isset($data['_links']['type'])) {
-        return $this->entityManager->getStorage('file')->create($data);
-      }
-      $data['uri'] = [['value' => $data['uri']]];
-    }
-    return parent::denormalize($data, $class, $format, $context);
+    $path = 'temporary://' . drupal_basename($data['uri'][0]['value']);
+    $data['uri'] = file_unmanaged_save_data($file_data, $path);
+
+    return $this->entityManager->getStorage('file')->create($data);
   }
 
 }