diff --git a/src/vs/base/common/winjs.base.d.ts b/src/vs/base/common/winjs.base.d.ts
index 451ba709156..efac30a26b0 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/common/winjs.base.d.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/common/winjs.base.d.ts
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ export class Promise<T = any> {
 	public static join<T1, T2>(promises: [T1 | PromiseLike<T1>, T2 | PromiseLike<T2>]): Promise<[T1, T2]>;
 	public static join<T>(promises: (T | PromiseLike<T>)[]): Promise<T[]>;
 
-	public static any<T>(promises: (T | PromiseLike<T>)[]): Promise<{ key: string; value: Promise<T>; }>;
-
 	public static wrap<T>(value: T | PromiseLike<T>): Promise<T>;
 
 	public static wrapError<T = never>(error: Error): Promise<T>;
diff --git a/src/vs/base/common/winjs.polyfill.promise.ts b/src/vs/base/common/winjs.polyfill.promise.ts
index fb80ee9569b..3b24d0dbf8e 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/common/winjs.polyfill.promise.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/common/winjs.polyfill.promise.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ function isWinJSPromise(candidate: any): candidate is WinJSPromise {
 	return isThenable(candidate) && typeof (candidate as any).done === 'function';
 }
 
+declare class WinJSPromiseRemovals {
+	any<T=any>(promises: (T | PromiseLike<T>)[]): WinJSPromise<{ key: string; value: WinJSPromise<T>; }>;
+}
+
 /**
  * A polyfill for the native promises. The implementation is based on
  * WinJS promises but tries to gap differences between winjs promises
@@ -33,7 +37,7 @@ export class PolyfillPromise<T = any> implements Promise<T> {
 	static race(thenables: Thenable<any>[]): PolyfillPromise {
 		// WinJSPromise returns `{ key: <index/key>, value: <promise> }`
 		// from the `any` call and Promise.race just wants the value
-		return new PolyfillPromise(WinJSPromise.any(thenables).then(entry => entry.value, err => err.value));
+		return new PolyfillPromise((WinJSPromise as any as WinJSPromiseRemovals).any(thenables).then(entry => entry.value, err => err.value));
 	}
 
 	static resolve(value): PolyfillPromise {
diff --git a/src/vs/monaco.d.ts b/src/vs/monaco.d.ts
index d2f85c3b0e4..9615d0c4310 100644
--- a/src/vs/monaco.d.ts
+++ b/src/vs/monaco.d.ts
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ declare namespace monaco {
 		public static join<T1, T2>(promises: [T1 | PromiseLike<T1>, T2 | PromiseLike<T2>]): Promise<[T1, T2]>;
 		public static join<T>(promises: (T | PromiseLike<T>)[]): Promise<T[]>;
 
-		public static any<T>(promises: (T | PromiseLike<T>)[]): Promise<{ key: string; value: Promise<T>; }>;
-
 		public static wrap<T>(value: T | PromiseLike<T>): Promise<T>;
 
 		public static wrapError<T = never>(error: Error): Promise<T>;
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/launch/electron-main/launchService.ts b/src/vs/platform/launch/electron-main/launchService.ts
index f6a21723e29..954a8e5b50f 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/launch/electron-main/launchService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/launch/electron-main/launchService.ts
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ export class LaunchService implements ILaunchService {
 		// is being used and only then resolve the startup promise which will kill this second instance.
 		// In addition, we poll for the wait marker file to be deleted to return.
 		if (args.wait && usedWindows.length === 1 && usedWindows[0]) {
-			return TPromise.any([
+			return Promise.race([
 				this.windowsMainService.waitForWindowCloseOrLoad(usedWindows[0].id),
 				whenDeleted(args.waitMarkerFilePath)
 			]).then(() => void 0, () => void 0);
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostQuickOpen.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostQuickOpen.ts
index 441e436e02e..4bdac9d6c64 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostQuickOpen.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostQuickOpen.ts
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ export class ExtHostQuickOpen implements ExtHostQuickOpenShape {
 			canPickMany: options && options.canPickMany
 		}, token);
 
-		return TPromise.any(<TPromise<number | Item[]>[]>[quickPickWidget, itemsPromise]).then(values => {
-			if (values.key === '0') {
+		return Promise.race(<Thenable<false | Item[]>[]>[quickPickWidget.then(() => false), itemsPromise]).then(value => {
+			if (value === false) {
 				return undefined;
 			}