diff --git a/src/fsharp/service/ServiceDeclarationLists.fs b/src/fsharp/service/ServiceDeclarationLists.fs
index 70e3d8999a5..29fa45f4cf6 100644
--- a/src/fsharp/service/ServiceDeclarationLists.fs
+++ b/src/fsharp/service/ServiceDeclarationLists.fs
@@ -23,13 +23,6 @@ open FSharp.Compiler.Range
 open FSharp.Compiler.TypedTree
 open FSharp.Compiler.TypedTreeOps
 
-[<AutoOpen>]
-module EnvMisc3 =
-    /// dataTipSpinWaitTime limits how long we block the UI thread while a tooltip pops up next to a selected item in an IntelliSense completion list.
-    /// This time appears to be somewhat amortized by the time it takes the VS completion UI to actually bring up the tooltip after selecting an item in the first place.
-    let dataTipSpinWaitTime = GetEnvInteger "FCS_ToolTipSpinWaitTime" 5000
-
-
 [<Sealed>]
 /// Represents one parameter for one method (or other item) in a group. 
 type FSharpMethodGroupItemParameter(name: string, canonicalTypeTextForSorting: string, display: layout, isOptional: bool) = 
@@ -482,10 +475,6 @@ module internal DescriptionListsImpl =
 [<Sealed>]
 type FSharpDeclarationListItem(name: string, nameInCode: string, fullName: string, glyph: FSharpGlyph, info, accessibility: FSharpAccessibility option,
                                kind: CompletionItemKind, isOwnMember: bool, priority: int, isResolved: bool, namespaceToOpen: string option) =
-
-    let mutable descriptionTextHolder: FSharpToolTipText<_> option = None
-    let mutable task = null
-
     member __.Name = name
     member __.NameInCode = nameInCode
 
@@ -505,34 +494,6 @@ type FSharpDeclarationListItem(name: string, nameInCode: string, fullName: strin
         decl.StructuredDescriptionTextAsync
         |> Tooltips.Map Tooltips.ToFSharpToolTipText
 
-    member decl.StructuredDescriptionText = 
-      ErrorScope.Protect Range.range0 
-       (fun () -> 
-        match descriptionTextHolder with
-        | Some descriptionText -> descriptionText
-        | None ->
-            match info with
-            | Choice1Of2 _ -> 
-                // The dataTipSpinWaitTime limits how long we block the UI thread while a tooltip pops up next to a selected item in an IntelliSense completion list.
-                // This time appears to be somewhat amortized by the time it takes the VS completion UI to actually bring up the tooltip after selecting an item in the first place.
-                if isNull task then
-                    // kick off the actual (non-cooperative) work
-                    task <- System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Factory.StartNew(fun() -> 
-                        let text = decl.StructuredDescriptionTextAsync |> Async.RunSynchronously
-                        descriptionTextHolder <- Some text) 
-
-                // The dataTipSpinWaitTime limits how long we block the UI thread while a tooltip pops up next to a selected item in an IntelliSense completion list.
-                // This time appears to be somewhat amortized by the time it takes the VS completion UI to actually bring up the tooltip after selecting an item in the first place.
-                task.Wait EnvMisc3.dataTipSpinWaitTime  |> ignore
-                match descriptionTextHolder with 
-                | Some text -> text
-                | None -> FSharpToolTipText [ FSharpStructuredToolTipElement.Single(wordL (tagText (FSComp.SR.loadingDescription())), FSharpXmlDoc.None) ]
-
-            | Choice2Of2 result -> 
-                result
-       )
-       (fun err -> FSharpToolTipText [FSharpStructuredToolTipElement.CompositionError err])
-    member decl.DescriptionText = decl.StructuredDescriptionText |> Tooltips.ToFSharpToolTipText
     member __.Glyph = glyph 
     member __.Accessibility = accessibility
     member __.Kind = kind
diff --git a/src/fsharp/service/ServiceDeclarationLists.fsi b/src/fsharp/service/ServiceDeclarationLists.fsi
index 3874e4b2e5e..d2fb86e359e 100644
--- a/src/fsharp/service/ServiceDeclarationLists.fsi
+++ b/src/fsharp/service/ServiceDeclarationLists.fsi
@@ -20,14 +20,6 @@ type public FSharpDeclarationListItem =
     /// Get the name for the declaration as it's presented in source code.
     member NameInCode : string
 
-    /// Get the description text for the declaration. Computing this property may require using compiler
-    /// resources and may trigger execution of a type provider method to retrieve documentation.
-    ///
-    /// May return "Loading..." if timeout occurs
-    member StructuredDescriptionText : FSharpStructuredToolTipText
-
-    member DescriptionText : FSharpToolTipText
-
     /// Get the description text, asynchronously.  Never returns "Loading...".
     member StructuredDescriptionTextAsync : Async<FSharpStructuredToolTipText>
 
diff --git a/vsintegration/src/FSharp.LanguageService/Intellisense.fs b/vsintegration/src/FSharp.LanguageService/Intellisense.fs
index dbf9d7fa5ab..4a26458bc82 100644
--- a/vsintegration/src/FSharp.LanguageService/Intellisense.fs
+++ b/vsintegration/src/FSharp.LanguageService/Intellisense.fs
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ type internal FSharpDeclarations_DEPRECATED(documentationBuilder, declarations:
         let decls = trimmedDeclarations filterText
         if (index >= 0 && index < decls.Length) then
             let buf = Text.StringBuilder()
-            XmlDocumentation.BuildDataTipText_DEPRECATED(documentationBuilder, TaggedText.appendTo buf, TaggedText.appendTo buf, decls.[index].StructuredDescriptionText) 
+            XmlDocumentation.BuildDataTipText_DEPRECATED(documentationBuilder, TaggedText.appendTo buf, TaggedText.appendTo buf, decls.[index].StructuredDescriptionTextAsync |> Async.RunSynchronously) 
             buf.ToString()
         else ""