diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostTask.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostTask.ts
index 00d03d0b6ee..c05d65eee9e 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostTask.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostTask.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import { Schemas } from 'vs/base/common/network';
 import * as Platform from 'vs/base/common/platform';
 import { ILogService } from 'vs/platform/log/common/log';
 import { IExtHostApiDeprecationService } from 'vs/workbench/api/common/extHostApiDeprecationService';
-import { USER_TASKS_GROUP_KEY } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/common/taskService';
+import { USER_TASKS_GROUP_KEY } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/common/tasks';
 import { NotSupportedError } from 'vs/base/common/errors';
 
 export interface IExtHostTask extends ExtHostTaskShape {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/browser/abstractTaskService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/browser/abstractTaskService.ts
index 7e4c505c69c..dbd096e791c 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/browser/abstractTaskService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/browser/abstractTaskService.ts
@@ -52,9 +52,10 @@ import {
 	Task, CustomTask, ConfiguringTask, ContributedTask, InMemoryTask, TaskEvent,
 	TaskSet, TaskGroup, ExecutionEngine, JsonSchemaVersion, TaskSourceKind,
 	TaskSorter, TaskIdentifier, KeyedTaskIdentifier, TASK_RUNNING_STATE, TaskRunSource,
-	KeyedTaskIdentifier as NKeyedTaskIdentifier, TaskDefinition, RuntimeType
+	KeyedTaskIdentifier as NKeyedTaskIdentifier, TaskDefinition, RuntimeType,
+	USER_TASKS_GROUP_KEY
 } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/common/tasks';
-import { ITaskService, ITaskProvider, ProblemMatcherRunOptions, CustomizationProperties, TaskFilter, WorkspaceFolderTaskResult, USER_TASKS_GROUP_KEY, CustomExecutionSupportedContext, ShellExecutionSupportedContext, ProcessExecutionSupportedContext } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/common/taskService';
+import { ITaskService, ITaskProvider, ProblemMatcherRunOptions, CustomizationProperties, TaskFilter, WorkspaceFolderTaskResult, CustomExecutionSupportedContext, ShellExecutionSupportedContext, ProcessExecutionSupportedContext } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/common/taskService';
 import { getTemplates as getTaskTemplates } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/common/taskTemplates';
 
 import * as TaskConfig from '../common/taskConfiguration';
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/common/taskConfiguration.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/common/taskConfiguration.ts
index 9c6f0ba9e34..3f567b6320a 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/common/taskConfiguration.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/common/taskConfiguration.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import * as Tasks from './tasks';
 import { TaskDefinitionRegistry } from './taskDefinitionRegistry';
 import { ConfiguredInput } from 'vs/workbench/services/configurationResolver/common/configurationResolver';
 import { URI } from 'vs/base/common/uri';
-import { USER_TASKS_GROUP_KEY, ShellExecutionSupportedContext, ProcessExecutionSupportedContext } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/common/taskService';
+import { ShellExecutionSupportedContext, ProcessExecutionSupportedContext } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/common/taskService';
 import { IContextKeyService, RawContextKey } from 'vs/platform/contextkey/common/contextkey';
 
 export const enum ShellQuoting {
@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ export namespace GroupKind {
 namespace TaskDependency {
 	function uriFromSource(context: ParseContext, source: TaskConfigSource): URI | string {
 		switch (source) {
-			case TaskConfigSource.User: return USER_TASKS_GROUP_KEY;
+			case TaskConfigSource.User: return Tasks.USER_TASKS_GROUP_KEY;
 			case TaskConfigSource.TasksJson: return context.workspaceFolder.uri;
 			default: return context.workspace && context.workspace.configuration ? context.workspace.configuration : context.workspaceFolder.uri;
 		}
@@ -2146,4 +2146,3 @@ export function parse(workspaceFolder: IWorkspaceFolder, workspace: IWorkspace |
 export function createCustomTask(contributedTask: Tasks.ContributedTask, configuredProps: Tasks.ConfiguringTask | Tasks.CustomTask): Tasks.CustomTask {
 	return CustomTask.createCustomTask(contributedTask, configuredProps);
 }
-
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/common/taskService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/common/taskService.ts
index 68a2394a880..b75cd445666 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/common/taskService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/common/taskService.ts
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ export interface WorkspaceFolderTaskResult extends WorkspaceTaskResult {
 	workspaceFolder: IWorkspaceFolder;
 }
 
-export const USER_TASKS_GROUP_KEY = 'settings';
-
 export interface ITaskService {
 	readonly _serviceBrand: undefined;
 	onDidStateChange: Event<TaskEvent>;
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/common/tasks.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/common/tasks.ts
index 1e7e42b6c81..e26ad2051e5 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/common/tasks.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/common/tasks.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ import { RawContextKey, ContextKeyExpression } from 'vs/platform/contextkey/comm
 import { TaskDefinitionRegistry } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/common/taskDefinitionRegistry';
 import { IExtensionDescription } from 'vs/platform/extensions/common/extensions';
 import { ConfigurationTarget } from 'vs/platform/configuration/common/configuration';
-import { USER_TASKS_GROUP_KEY } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/common/taskService';
+
+
+export const USER_TASKS_GROUP_KEY = 'settings';
 
 export const TASK_RUNNING_STATE = new RawContextKey<boolean>('taskRunning', false, nls.localize('tasks.taskRunningContext', "Whether a task is currently running."));
 export const TASKS_CATEGORY = { value: nls.localize('tasksCategory', "Tasks"), original: 'Tasks' };