diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/electron-browser/taskService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/electron-browser/taskService.ts
index 388846988a3dd..631275db0d0a1 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/electron-browser/taskService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/electron-browser/taskService.ts
@@ -3,34 +3,18 @@
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-import * as nls from 'vs/nls';
 import * as Objects from 'vs/base/common/objects';
 import * as semver from 'semver';
 import { IStringDictionary } from 'vs/base/common/collections';
-import { Registry } from 'vs/platform/registry/common/platform';
-import { LifecyclePhase } from 'vs/platform/lifecycle/common/lifecycle';
-import { SyncActionDescriptor } from 'vs/platform/actions/common/actions';
 import { WorkbenchState, IWorkspaceFolder } from 'vs/platform/workspace/common/workspace';
 import { ITaskSystem } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/common/taskSystem';
 import { ExecutionEngine, TaskRunSource } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/common/tasks';
 import * as TaskConfig from '../common/taskConfiguration';
 import { ProcessTaskSystem } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/node/processTaskSystem';
 import { ProcessRunnerDetector } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/node/processRunnerDetector';
-import { Extensions as WorkbenchExtensions, IWorkbenchContributionsRegistry } from 'vs/workbench/common/contributions';
-import { IWorkbenchActionRegistry, Extensions as ActionExtensions } from 'vs/workbench/common/actions';
-import { RunAutomaticTasks, AllowAutomaticTaskRunning, DisallowAutomaticTaskRunning } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/browser/runAutomaticTasks';
 import { AbstractTaskService } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/browser/abstractTaskService';
 import { TaskFilter } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/common/taskService';
 
-let tasksCategory = nls.localize('tasksCategory', "Tasks");
-
-const workbenchRegistry = Registry.as<IWorkbenchContributionsRegistry>(WorkbenchExtensions.Workbench);
-workbenchRegistry.registerWorkbenchContribution(RunAutomaticTasks, LifecyclePhase.Eventually);
-
-const actionRegistry = Registry.as<IWorkbenchActionRegistry>(ActionExtensions.WorkbenchActions);
-actionRegistry.registerWorkbenchAction(new SyncActionDescriptor(AllowAutomaticTaskRunning, AllowAutomaticTaskRunning.ID, AllowAutomaticTaskRunning.LABEL), 'Tasks: Allow Automatic Tasks in Folder', tasksCategory);
-actionRegistry.registerWorkbenchAction(new SyncActionDescriptor(DisallowAutomaticTaskRunning, DisallowAutomaticTaskRunning.ID, DisallowAutomaticTaskRunning.LABEL), 'Tasks: Disallow Automatic Tasks in Folder', tasksCategory);
-
 interface WorkspaceFolderConfigurationResult {
 	workspaceFolder: IWorkspaceFolder;
 	config: TaskConfig.ExternalTaskRunnerConfiguration | undefined;