diff --git a/extensions/typescript/src/typescriptServiceClient.ts b/extensions/typescript/src/typescriptServiceClient.ts
index a6e4771c2fb..c502d4f8bc0 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript/src/typescriptServiceClient.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript/src/typescriptServiceClient.ts
@@ -116,11 +116,7 @@ class RequestQueue {
 	}
 }
 
-export interface IClientVersion {
-	readonly clientVersion: string;
-}
-
-export default class TypeScriptServiceClient implements ITypescriptServiceClient, IClientVersion {
+export default class TypeScriptServiceClient implements ITypescriptServiceClient {
 	private static readonly WALK_THROUGH_SNIPPET_SCHEME = 'walkThroughSnippet';
 	private static readonly WALK_THROUGH_SNIPPET_SCHEME_COLON = `${TypeScriptServiceClient.WALK_THROUGH_SNIPPET_SCHEME}:`;
 
@@ -210,7 +206,7 @@ export default class TypeScriptServiceClient implements ITypescriptServiceClient
 				}
 			}
 		}, this, this.disposables);
-		this.telemetryReporter = new TelemetryReporter(this);
+		this.telemetryReporter = new TelemetryReporter(() => this._tsserverVersion || this._apiVersion.versionString);
 		this.disposables.push(this.telemetryReporter);
 		this.startService();
 	}
@@ -280,10 +276,6 @@ export default class TypeScriptServiceClient implements ITypescriptServiceClient
 		return this._apiVersion;
 	}
 
-	public get clientVersion(): string {
-		return this._tsserverVersion || this._apiVersion.versionString;
-	}
-
 	public onReady(): Promise<void> {
 		return this._onReady.promise;
 	}
diff --git a/extensions/typescript/src/utils/telemetry.ts b/extensions/typescript/src/utils/telemetry.ts
index 407f385f7b4..b0cba1133a5 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript/src/utils/telemetry.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript/src/utils/telemetry.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 import * as path from 'path';
 import VsCodeTelemetryReporter from 'vscode-extension-telemetry';
-import { IClientVersion } from '../typescriptServiceClient';
 
 interface IPackageInfo {
 	name: string;
@@ -24,15 +23,16 @@ export default class TelemetryReporter {
 		}
 	}
 
-	constructor(private client: IClientVersion) {
-	}
+	constructor(
+		private readonly clientVersionDelegate: () => string
+	) { }
 
 	public logTelemetry(eventName: string, properties?: { [prop: string]: string }) {
 		if (this.reporter) {
 			if (!properties) {
 				properties = {};
 			}
-			properties['version'] = this.client.clientVersion;
+			properties['version'] = this.clientVersionDelegate();
 
 			this.reporter.sendTelemetryEvent(eventName, properties);
 		}