diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-main/app.ts b/src/vs/code/electron-main/app.ts
index d69a37ffb0f..de09ab8f939 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-main/app.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-main/app.ts
@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@ import { IStorageKeysSyncRegistryService } from 'vs/platform/userDataSync/common
 import { StorageKeysSyncRegistryChannel } from 'vs/platform/userDataSync/common/userDataSyncIpc';
 import { INativeEnvironmentService } from 'vs/platform/environment/node/environmentService';
 import { mnemonicButtonLabel, getPathLabel } from 'vs/base/common/labels';
-import { IFileService } from 'vs/platform/files/common/files';
-import { WebviewChannel } from 'vs/platform/webview/electron-main/webviewIpcs';
 import { WebviewMainService } from 'vs/platform/webview/electron-main/webviewMainService';
 import { IWebviewManagerService } from 'vs/platform/webview/common/webviewManagerService';
 
@@ -90,7 +88,6 @@ export class CodeApplication extends Disposable {
 	constructor(
 		private readonly mainIpcServer: Server,
 		private readonly userEnv: IProcessEnvironment,
-		@IFileService fileService: IFileService,
 		@IInstantiationService private readonly instantiationService: IInstantiationService,
 		@ILogService private readonly logService: ILogService,
 		@IEnvironmentService private readonly environmentService: INativeEnvironmentService,
@@ -580,7 +577,7 @@ export class CodeApplication extends Disposable {
 		electronIpcServer.registerChannel('url', urlChannel);
 
 		const webviewManagerService = accessor.get(IWebviewManagerService);
-		const webviewChannel = new WebviewChannel(webviewManagerService);
+		const webviewChannel = createChannelReceiver(webviewManagerService);
 		electronIpcServer.registerChannel('webview', webviewChannel);
 
 		const storageMainService = accessor.get(IStorageMainService);
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/webview/common/webviewManagerService.ts b/src/vs/platform/webview/common/webviewManagerService.ts
index 75a021dee8f..5a67ccbc3d4 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/webview/common/webviewManagerService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/webview/common/webviewManagerService.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export interface IWebviewManagerService {
 	unregisterWebview(id: string): Promise<void>;
 	updateLocalResourceRoots(id: string, roots: UriComponents[]): Promise<void>;
 
-	setIgnoreMenuShortcuts(webContentsId: number, enabled: boolean): void;
+	setIgnoreMenuShortcuts(webContentsId: number, enabled: boolean): Promise<void>;
 }
 
 export interface RegisterWebviewMetadata {
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/webview/electron-main/webviewIpcs.ts b/src/vs/platform/webview/electron-main/webviewIpcs.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f5aadb9fda..00000000000
--- a/src/vs/platform/webview/electron-main/webviewIpcs.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
- *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
- *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-
-import { Event } from 'vs/base/common/event';
-import { IServerChannel } from 'vs/base/parts/ipc/common/ipc';
-import { IWebviewManagerService } from 'vs/platform/webview/common/webviewManagerService';
-
-type KeyWithParams<T> = {
-	[K in keyof T]: T[K] extends (...args: infer P) => any ? [K, P] : never
-}[keyof T];
-
-export class WebviewChannel implements IServerChannel {
-
-	constructor(
-		@IWebviewManagerService private readonly webviewMainService: IWebviewManagerService,
-	) { }
-
-	listen(_: unknown, event: string): Event<any> {
-		throw new Error(`Event not found: ${event}`);
-	}
-
-	async call(_: unknown, ...commandAndArgs: KeyWithParams<IWebviewManagerService>): Promise<any> {
-		switch (commandAndArgs[0]) {
-			case 'setIgnoreMenuShortcuts': this.webviewMainService.setIgnoreMenuShortcuts(...commandAndArgs[1]); return;
-			case 'registerWebview': this.webviewMainService.registerWebview(...commandAndArgs[1]); return;
-			case 'unregisterWebview': this.webviewMainService.unregisterWebview(...commandAndArgs[1]); return;
-			case 'updateLocalResourceRoots': this.webviewMainService.updateLocalResourceRoots(...commandAndArgs[1]); return;
-		}
-
-		throw new Error(`Call not found: ${commandAndArgs[0]}`);
-	}
-}
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/webview/electron-main/webviewMainService.ts b/src/vs/platform/webview/electron-main/webviewMainService.ts
index d7b36705579..93990e16fbd 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/webview/electron-main/webviewMainService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/webview/electron-main/webviewMainService.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export class WebviewMainService implements IWebviewManagerService {
 		this.protocolProvider.updateLocalResourceRoots(id, roots.map((x: UriComponents) => URI.from(x)));
 	}
 
-	public setIgnoreMenuShortcuts(webContentsId: number, enabled: boolean): void {
+	public async setIgnoreMenuShortcuts(webContentsId: number, enabled: boolean): Promise<void> {
 		const contents = webContents.fromId(webContentsId);
 		if (!contents) {
 			throw new Error(`Invalid webContentsId: ${webContentsId}`);