diff --git a/src/vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetryUtils.ts b/src/vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetryUtils.ts
index 4f55ea15c233..4890d1d609ae 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetryUtils.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetryUtils.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import paths = require('vs/base/common/paths');
 import URI from 'vs/base/common/uri';
 import { IConfigurationService, ConfigurationTarget } from 'vs/platform/configuration/common/configuration';
 import { IKeybindingService, KeybindingSource } from 'vs/platform/keybinding/common/keybinding';
-import { ILifecycleService, ShutdownReason } from 'vs/platform/lifecycle/common/lifecycle';
 import { ITelemetryService, ITelemetryInfo, ITelemetryData } from 'vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetry';
 
 export const NullTelemetryService = new class implements ITelemetryService {
@@ -184,17 +183,6 @@ export function configurationTelemetry(telemetryService: ITelemetryService, conf
 	});
 }
 
-export function lifecycleTelemetry(telemetryService: ITelemetryService, lifecycleService: ILifecycleService): IDisposable {
-	return lifecycleService.onShutdown(event => {
-		/* __GDPR__
-			"shutdown" : {
-				"reason" : { "classification": "SystemMetaData", "purpose": "FeatureInsight" }
-			}
-		*/
-		telemetryService.publicLog('shutdown', { reason: ShutdownReason[event] });
-	});
-}
-
 export function keybindingsTelemetry(telemetryService: ITelemetryService, keybindingService: IKeybindingService): IDisposable {
 	return keybindingService.onDidUpdateKeybindings(event => {
 		if (event.source === KeybindingSource.User && event.keybindings) {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/shell.ts b/src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/shell.ts
index 632873d458c4..88c73dfc8132 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/shell.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/shell.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import pkg from 'vs/platform/node/package';
 import { ContextViewService } from 'vs/platform/contextview/browser/contextViewService';
 import { Workbench, IWorkbenchStartedInfo } from 'vs/workbench/electron-browser/workbench';
 import { ITelemetryService } from 'vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetry';
-import { NullTelemetryService, configurationTelemetry, lifecycleTelemetry } from 'vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetryUtils';
+import { NullTelemetryService, configurationTelemetry } from 'vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetryUtils';
 import { IExperimentService, ExperimentService } from 'vs/platform/telemetry/common/experiments';
 import { ITelemetryAppenderChannel, TelemetryAppenderClient } from 'vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetryIpc';
 import { TelemetryService, ITelemetryServiceConfig } from 'vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetryService';
@@ -356,7 +356,6 @@ export class WorkbenchShell {
 		this.toUnbind.push(lifecycleService.onShutdown(reason => dispose(disposables)));
 		this.toUnbind.push(lifecycleService.onShutdown(reason => saveFontInfo(this.storageService)));
 		serviceCollection.set(ILifecycleService, lifecycleService);
-		disposables.push(lifecycleTelemetry(this.telemetryService, lifecycleService));
 		this.lifecycleService = lifecycleService;
 
 		const extensionManagementChannel = getDelayedChannel<IExtensionManagementChannel>(sharedProcess.then(c => c.getChannel('extensions')));