diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/dom.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/dom.ts
index 1fce5d53ada..1ff6fda0127 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/dom.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/dom.ts
@@ -531,8 +531,8 @@ export function position(element: HTMLElement, top: number, right?: number, bott
 export function getDomNodePagePosition(domNode: HTMLElement): IDomNodePagePosition {
 	const bb = domNode.getBoundingClientRect();
 	return {
-		left: bb.left + StandardWindow.scrollX,
-		top: bb.top + StandardWindow.scrollY,
+		left: bb.left + window.scrollX,
+		top: bb.top + window.scrollY,
 		width: bb.width,
 		height: bb.height
 	};
@@ -556,30 +556,6 @@ export function getDomNodeZoomLevel(domNode: HTMLElement): number {
 	return zoom;
 }
 
-export interface IStandardWindow {
-	readonly scrollX: number;
-	readonly scrollY: number;
-}
-
-export const StandardWindow: IStandardWindow = new class implements IStandardWindow {
-	get scrollX(): number {
-		if (typeof window.scrollX === 'number') {
-			// modern browsers
-			return window.scrollX;
-		} else {
-			return document.body.scrollLeft + document.documentElement!.scrollLeft;
-		}
-	}
-
-	get scrollY(): number {
-		if (typeof window.scrollY === 'number') {
-			// modern browsers
-			return window.scrollY;
-		} else {
-			return document.body.scrollTop + document.documentElement!.scrollTop;
-		}
-	}
-};
 
 // Adapted from WinJS
 // Gets the width of the element, including margins.
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/browser/editorDom.ts b/src/vs/editor/browser/editorDom.ts
index cd36e6c200e..4cfc92f8a6e 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/browser/editorDom.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/browser/editorDom.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export class PageCoordinates {
 	) { }
 
 	public toClientCoordinates(): ClientCoordinates {
-		return new ClientCoordinates(this.x - dom.StandardWindow.scrollX, this.y - dom.StandardWindow.scrollY);
+		return new ClientCoordinates(this.x - window.scrollX, this.y - window.scrollY);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export class ClientCoordinates {
 	) { }
 
 	public toPageCoordinates(): PageCoordinates {
-		return new PageCoordinates(this.clientX + dom.StandardWindow.scrollX, this.clientY + dom.StandardWindow.scrollY);
+		return new PageCoordinates(this.clientX + window.scrollX, this.clientY + window.scrollY);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/contentWidgets/contentWidgets.ts b/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/contentWidgets/contentWidgets.ts
index 056c24f5c73..f45578d9f15 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/contentWidgets/contentWidgets.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/contentWidgets/contentWidgets.ts
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ class Widget {
 		const MIN_LIMIT = Math.max(0, domNodePosition.left - width);
 		const MAX_LIMIT = Math.min(domNodePosition.left + domNodePosition.width + width, windowSize.width);
 
-		let absoluteLeft = domNodePosition.left + left - dom.StandardWindow.scrollX;
+		let absoluteLeft = domNodePosition.left + left - window.scrollX;
 
 		if (absoluteLeft + width > MAX_LIMIT) {
 			const delta = absoluteLeft - (MAX_LIMIT - width);
@@ -362,8 +362,8 @@ class Widget {
 		const belowTop = bottomLeft.top + this._lineHeight;
 
 		const domNodePosition = dom.getDomNodePagePosition(this._viewDomNode.domNode);
-		const absoluteAboveTop = domNodePosition.top + aboveTop - dom.StandardWindow.scrollY;
-		const absoluteBelowTop = domNodePosition.top + belowTop - dom.StandardWindow.scrollY;
+		const absoluteAboveTop = domNodePosition.top + aboveTop - window.scrollY;
+		const absoluteBelowTop = domNodePosition.top + belowTop - window.scrollY;
 
 		const windowSize = dom.getClientArea(document.body);
 		const [aboveLeft, absoluteAboveLeft] = this._layoutHorizontalSegmentInPage(windowSize, domNodePosition, topLeft.left - ctx.scrollLeft + this._contentLeft, width);