diff --git a/.changeset/clean-baboons-kneel.md b/.changeset/clean-baboons-kneel.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dee9daef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/clean-baboons-kneel.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@solid-primitives/filesystem": patch
+---
+
+fix: removing a file deletes its signal correctly
diff --git a/packages/filesystem/src/reactive.ts b/packages/filesystem/src/reactive.ts
index 83c2c0e9d..66ce16482 100644
--- a/packages/filesystem/src/reactive.ts
+++ b/packages/filesystem/src/reactive.ts
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ export const createSyncFileSystem = (
           getTypeMap.delete(item);
         }
       });
+      if (readFileMap.has(path)) {
+        readFileMap.get(path)?.[1](undefined);
+        readFileMap.delete(path);
+      }
       readdirMap.get(getParentDir(path))?.[1](
         (items = []) => items.filter(item => item === getItemName(path)) as [] | DirEntries,
       );
diff --git a/packages/filesystem/test/index.test.ts b/packages/filesystem/test/index.test.ts
index ca4ede5fe..c52f15ffd 100644
--- a/packages/filesystem/test/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/filesystem/test/index.test.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
   makeTauriFileSystem,
   rsync,
 } from "../src/index.js";
-import { createEffect, createRoot } from "solid-js";
+import { catchError, createEffect, createRoot } from "solid-js";
 
 describe("makeNoFileSystem", () => {
   const fs = makeNoFileSystem();
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ describe("makeVirtualFileSystem", () => {
   });
   test("fs.readFile returns file content", () =>
     expect(fs.readFile("src/test.ts")).toBe("// test"));
+  test("fs.readFile throws on attempting to read a directory as file", () => {
+    expect(() => fs.readFile("src")).toThrow('"src" is not a file');
+  });
+  test("fs.readFile throws on attempting to read a non-existent file", () => {
+    expect(() => fs.readFile("src/nonexistent.ts")).toThrow('"src/nonexistent.ts" is not a file');
+  });
+  test("fs.readFile throws on attempting to read from a non-existing directory", () => {
+    expect(() => fs.readFile("nonexistent/test.ts")).toThrow('"nonexistent" is not a directory')
+  });
   test("fs.writeFile creates and overwrites file", () => {
     expect(fs.readdir("src")).toHaveLength(1);
     fs.writeFile("src/test2.ts", "// data");
@@ -115,6 +124,20 @@ describe("createFileSystem (sync) calls the underlying fs", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("createFileSystem (sync) relays file system errors", () => {
+  test("a deleted file stored in a signal throws an error", () => new Promise<void>((done, fail) => {
+    setTimeout(() => fail(new Error('did not throw')), 100);
+    const fs = createFileSystem(makeVirtualFileSystem({ 'test.json': '{}' }));
+    catchError(() => {
+      createEffect(() => fs.readFile("test.json"));
+      setTimeout(() => fs.rm("test.json"), 30);
+    }, (error) => {
+      expect(error).toEqual(new Error('"test.json" is not a file'));
+      done();
+    });
+  }));
+});
+
 describe("createFileSystem (async) calls the underlying fs", () => {
   const afs = makeNoAsyncFileSystem();
   instrumentFs(afs);