diff --git a/extension/src/telemetry/constants.ts b/extension/src/telemetry/constants.ts
index 0bbe21bd76..2ec4668d7e 100644
--- a/extension/src/telemetry/constants.ts
+++ b/extension/src/telemetry/constants.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { SortDefinition } from '../experiments/model/sortBy'
 import { Section, SectionCollapsed } from '../plots/webview/contract'
 
 export const APPLICATION_INSIGHTS_KEY = '46e8e554-d50a-471a-a53b-4af2b1cd6594'
-export const EXTENSION_ID = 'iterative.dvc'
 
 const ViewOpenedEvent = {
   VIEWS_EXPERIMENTS_FILTER_BY_TREE_OPENED:
diff --git a/extension/src/telemetry/index.test.ts b/extension/src/telemetry/index.test.ts
index cafc9d7d4e..f651aa5d38 100644
--- a/extension/src/telemetry/index.test.ts
+++ b/extension/src/telemetry/index.test.ts
@@ -1,24 +1,13 @@
-import { extensions } from 'vscode'
-// eslint-disable-next-line import/default
 import TelemetryReporter from '@vscode/extension-telemetry'
 import { getTelemetryReporter, sendTelemetryEvent } from '.'
 import {
   APPLICATION_INSIGHTS_KEY,
-  EXTENSION_ID,
   IEventNamePropertyMapping
 } from './constants'
 import { getUserId } from './uuid'
 
 const mockedTelemetryReporter = jest.mocked(TelemetryReporter)
 
-const mockedExtensions = jest.mocked(extensions)
-const mockedGetExtension = jest.fn()
-mockedExtensions.getExtension = mockedGetExtension
-const mockedPackageJSON = {
-  id: EXTENSION_ID,
-  name: 'dvc',
-  version: '0.1.0'
-}
 const mockedSendTelemetryEvent = jest.fn()
 const mockedGetUserId = jest.mocked(getUserId)
 
@@ -46,20 +35,12 @@ describe('getTelemetryReporter', () => {
   let telemetryReporter: TelemetryReporter | undefined
 
   it('should create a reporter on the first call', () => {
-    mockedGetExtension.mockReturnValueOnce({
-      packageJSON: mockedPackageJSON
-    })
     telemetryReporter = getTelemetryReporter()
 
     expect(telemetryReporter).toBeDefined()
-    expect(mockedGetExtension).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
-    expect(mockedGetExtension).toHaveBeenCalledWith('iterative.dvc')
     expect(mockedTelemetryReporter).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
     expect(mockedTelemetryReporter).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      EXTENSION_ID,
-      mockedPackageJSON.version,
-      APPLICATION_INSIGHTS_KEY,
-      true
+      APPLICATION_INSIGHTS_KEY
     )
   })
 
@@ -68,7 +49,6 @@ describe('getTelemetryReporter', () => {
 
     expect(telemetryReporter).toStrictEqual(sameTelemetryReporter)
     expect(mockedTelemetryReporter).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
-    expect(mockedGetExtension).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
 })
 
diff --git a/extension/src/telemetry/index.ts b/extension/src/telemetry/index.ts
index fdd866c825..9ad48af560 100644
--- a/extension/src/telemetry/index.ts
+++ b/extension/src/telemetry/index.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/default
 import TelemetryReporter from '@vscode/extension-telemetry'
 import {
-  EXTENSION_ID,
   APPLICATION_INSIGHTS_KEY,
   IEventNamePropertyMapping,
   ViewOpenedEventName
 } from './constants'
 import { getUserId } from './uuid'
 import { Logger } from '../common/logger'
-import { getExtensionVersion } from '../vscode/extensions'
 
 const isTestExecution = (): boolean =>
   !!process.env.VSC_TEST || process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test'
@@ -20,14 +18,7 @@ export const getTelemetryReporter = (): TelemetryReporter => {
     return telemetryReporter
   }
 
-  const version = getExtensionVersion(EXTENSION_ID) || 'unknown'
-
-  telemetryReporter = new TelemetryReporter(
-    EXTENSION_ID,
-    version,
-    APPLICATION_INSIGHTS_KEY,
-    true
-  )
+  telemetryReporter = new TelemetryReporter(APPLICATION_INSIGHTS_KEY)
   return telemetryReporter
 }
 
diff --git a/extension/src/vscode/extensions.ts b/extension/src/vscode/extensions.ts
index bec53bdfde..d25b0433c2 100644
--- a/extension/src/vscode/extensions.ts
+++ b/extension/src/vscode/extensions.ts
@@ -26,16 +26,6 @@ export const getExtensionAPI = async <T>(
   } catch {}
 }
 
-export const getExtensionVersion = <T>(id: string): string | undefined => {
-  const extension = getExtension<T>(id)
-
-  if (!extension) {
-    return
-  }
-
-  return (extension.packageJSON as { version: string }).version
-}
-
 export const isInstalled = (id: string): boolean =>
   !!extensions.all.some(extension => extension.id === id)