diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-main/sharedProcess.ts b/src/vs/code/electron-main/sharedProcess.ts
index 812a4dd1e97..c0aad5ffa10 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-main/sharedProcess.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-main/sharedProcess.ts
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ export class SharedProcess extends Disposable implements ISharedProcess {
 			nodeCachedDataDir: this.environmentService.nodeCachedDataDir,
 			backupWorkspacesPath: this.environmentService.backupWorkspacesPath,
 			userEnv: this.userEnv,
-			sharedIPCHandle: this.environmentService.sharedIPCHandle,
 			args: this.environmentService.args,
 			logLevel: this.logService.getLevel()
 		};
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/environment/common/environment.ts b/src/vs/platform/environment/common/environment.ts
index f4b34454238..c84e7a62906 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/environment/common/environment.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/environment/common/environment.ts
@@ -115,9 +115,6 @@ export interface INativeEnvironmentService extends IEnvironmentService {
 	machineSettingsResource: URI;
 	installSourcePath: string;
 
-	// --- IPC Handles
-	sharedIPCHandle: string;
-
 	// --- Extensions
 	extensionsPath: string;
 	extensionsDownloadPath: string;
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/environment/node/environmentService.ts b/src/vs/platform/environment/node/environmentService.ts
index cef263622d4..f5c79cc4f0d 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/environment/node/environmentService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/environment/node/environmentService.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import product from 'vs/platform/product/common/product';
 import { toLocalISOString } from 'vs/base/common/date';
 import { FileAccess } from 'vs/base/common/network';
 import { URI } from 'vs/base/common/uri';
-import { createStaticIPCHandle } from 'vs/base/parts/ipc/node/ipc.net';
 
 export class NativeEnvironmentService implements INativeEnvironmentService {
 
@@ -188,9 +187,6 @@ export class NativeEnvironmentService implements INativeEnvironmentService {
 	get verbose(): boolean { return !!this._args.verbose; }
 	get logLevel(): string | undefined { return this._args.log; }
 
-	@memoize
-	get sharedIPCHandle(): string { return createStaticIPCHandle(this.userDataPath, 'shared', product.version); }
-
 	@memoize
 	get serviceMachineIdResource(): URI { return resources.joinPath(URI.file(this.userDataPath), 'machineid'); }
 
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/sharedProcess/node/sharedProcess.ts b/src/vs/platform/sharedProcess/node/sharedProcess.ts
index 8a0ea62d76b..ebd1f517629 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/sharedProcess/node/sharedProcess.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/sharedProcess/node/sharedProcess.ts
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ export interface ISharedProcessConfiguration {
 
 	readonly userEnv: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
 
-	readonly sharedIPCHandle: string;
-
 	readonly args: NativeParsedArgs;
 
 	readonly logLevel: LogLevel;
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/electron-sandbox/sandbox.simpleservices.ts b/src/vs/workbench/electron-sandbox/sandbox.simpleservices.ts
index 5222de4fd1a..4a2f05f35f9 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/electron-sandbox/sandbox.simpleservices.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/electron-sandbox/sandbox.simpleservices.ts
@@ -116,8 +116,6 @@ export class SimpleNativeWorkbenchEnvironmentService implements INativeWorkbench
 
 	installSourcePath: string = undefined!;
 
-	sharedIPCHandle: string = undefined!;
-
 	extensionsPath: string = undefined!;
 	extensionsDownloadPath: string = undefined!;
 	builtinExtensionsPath: string = undefined!;