diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/extensions/browser/extensionService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/extensions/browser/extensionService.ts
index fa65f984f5ed3..c0c2a890138f6 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/extensions/browser/extensionService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/extensions/browser/extensionService.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { IWorkbenchExtensionEnablementService, IWebExtensionsScannerService } fr
 import { IRemoteAgentService } from 'vs/workbench/services/remote/common/remoteAgentService';
 import { IInstantiationService } from 'vs/platform/instantiation/common/instantiation';
 import { ITelemetryService } from 'vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetry';
-import { IExtensionService, IExtensionHost, toExtensionDescription, ExtensionRunningLocation, extensionRunningLocationToString, ExtensionHostKind } from 'vs/workbench/services/extensions/common/extensions';
+import { IExtensionService, IExtensionHost, toExtensionDescription, ExtensionRunningLocation, extensionRunningLocationToString } from 'vs/workbench/services/extensions/common/extensions';
 import { registerSingleton } from 'vs/platform/instantiation/common/extensions';
 import { IFileService } from 'vs/platform/files/common/files';
 import { IProductService } from 'vs/platform/product/common/productService';
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { ExtensionIdentifier, IExtensionDescription, ExtensionKind, IExtension,
 import { FetchFileSystemProvider } from 'vs/workbench/services/extensions/browser/webWorkerFileSystemProvider';
 import { Schemas } from 'vs/base/common/network';
 import { DisposableStore } from 'vs/base/common/lifecycle';
-import { IRemoteAuthorityResolverService, RemoteAuthorityResolverError, RemoteAuthorityResolverErrorCode } from 'vs/platform/remote/common/remoteAuthorityResolver';
+import { IRemoteAuthorityResolverService } from 'vs/platform/remote/common/remoteAuthorityResolver';
 import { ILifecycleService, LifecyclePhase } from 'vs/workbench/services/lifecycle/common/lifecycle';
 import { IExtensionManagementService } from 'vs/platform/extensionManagement/common/extensionManagement';
 import { IWorkspaceContextService } from 'vs/platform/workspace/common/workspace';
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import { IExtensionManifestPropertiesService } from 'vs/workbench/services/exten
 import { IUserDataInitializationService } from 'vs/workbench/services/userData/browser/userDataInit';
 import { IAutomatedWindow } from 'vs/platform/log/browser/log';
 import { ILogService } from 'vs/platform/log/common/log';
-import { IRemoteExplorerService } from 'vs/workbench/services/remote/common/remoteExplorerService';
 
 export class ExtensionService extends AbstractExtensionService implements IExtensionService {
 
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ export class ExtensionService extends AbstractExtensionService implements IExten
 		@IConfigurationService configurationService: IConfigurationService,
 		@IRemoteAuthorityResolverService private readonly _remoteAuthorityResolverService: IRemoteAuthorityResolverService,
 		@IRemoteAgentService private readonly _remoteAgentService: IRemoteAgentService,
-		@IRemoteExplorerService private readonly _remoteExplorerService: IRemoteExplorerService,
 		@IWebExtensionsScannerService webExtensionsScannerService: IWebExtensionsScannerService,
 		@ILifecycleService private readonly _lifecycleService: ILifecycleService,
 		@IExtensionManifestPropertiesService extensionManifestPropertiesService: IExtensionManifestPropertiesService,
@@ -78,33 +76,6 @@ export class ExtensionService extends AbstractExtensionService implements IExten
 		this._lifecycleService.when(LifecyclePhase.Ready).then(async () => {
 			await this._userDataInitializationService.initializeInstalledExtensions(this._instantiationService);
 			await this._initialize();
-
-			try {
-				// This enables the `vscode.workspace.registerRemoteAuthorityResolver` API to be executed.
-				//
-				// It's specifically scoped to the "coder-link" scheme at the moment to reduce external
-				// dependency on forking VS Code functionality.
-				//
-				// The remote host doesn't resolve to an extension host like the API expects, but instead
-				// we only utilize the tunnel functionality.
-				const extHost = this._getExtensionHostManager(ExtensionHostKind.Remote);
-				const resolved = await extHost?.resolveAuthority('coder-link+web');
-				if (resolved) {
-					this._remoteExplorerService.setTunnelInformation(resolved.tunnelInformation);
-				}
-			} catch (error: any) {
-				let message = '';
-
-				if (error instanceof RemoteAuthorityResolverError && error._code === RemoteAuthorityResolverErrorCode.NoResolverFound) {
-					message = error.message;
-				}
-
-				if (error instanceof Error) {
-					message = error.message;
-				}
-
-				this._logOrShowMessage(Severity.Ignore, nls.localize('link', "Failed to initialize remote Link authority: {0}", message || error));
-			}
 		});
 
 		this._initFetchFileSystem();