diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/dom.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/dom.ts
index d68e47b7e4a..671c8d93d9e 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/dom.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/dom.ts
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ export function getClientArea(element: HTMLElement): Dimension {
 	}
 
 	// If visual view port exits and it's on mobile, it should be used instead of window innerWidth / innerHeight, or document.body.clientWidth / document.body.clientHeight
-	if (platform.isIOS && BrowserFeatures.pointerEvents && (<any>window).visualViewport) {
+	if (platform.isIOS && (<any>window).visualViewport) {
 		return new Dimension((<any>window).visualViewport.width, (<any>window).visualViewport.height);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/browser/web.main.ts b/src/vs/workbench/browser/web.main.ts
index 7ddb1eacc6e..807ac56d8f0 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/browser/web.main.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/browser/web.main.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { IWorkspaceContextService } from 'vs/platform/workspace/common/workspace
 import { IConfigurationService } from 'vs/platform/configuration/common/configuration';
 import { onUnexpectedError } from 'vs/base/common/errors';
 import * as browser from 'vs/base/browser/browser';
+import * as platform from 'vs/base/common/platform';
 import { URI } from 'vs/base/common/uri';
 import { IWorkspaceInitializationPayload } from 'vs/platform/workspaces/common/workspaces';
 import { WorkspaceService } from 'vs/workbench/services/configuration/browser/configurationService';
@@ -49,7 +50,6 @@ import { IndexedDBLogProvider } from 'vs/workbench/services/log/browser/indexedD
 import { InMemoryLogProvider } from 'vs/workbench/services/log/common/inMemoryLogProvider';
 import { isWorkspaceToOpen, isFolderToOpen } from 'vs/platform/windows/common/windows';
 import { getWorkspaceIdentifier } from 'vs/workbench/services/workspaces/browser/workspaces';
-import { BrowserFeatures } from 'vs/base/browser/canIUse';
 
 class BrowserMain extends Disposable {
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class BrowserMain extends Disposable {
 	private registerListeners(workbench: Workbench, storageService: BrowserStorageService): void {
 
 		// Layout
-		const viewport = BrowserFeatures.pointerEvents && (<any>window).visualViewport ? (<any>window).visualViewport /** Visual viewport */ : window /** Layout viewport */;
+		const viewport = platform.isIOS && (<any>window).visualViewport ? (<any>window).visualViewport /** Visual viewport */ : window /** Layout viewport */;
 		this._register(addDisposableListener(viewport, EventType.RESIZE, () => {
 			workbench.layout();
 		}));