diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHost.protocol.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHost.protocol.ts
index bc0fb0365d89de4a5a5bbba70f716a3eb610e339..4e89be37fedfb19e9b5e09e77eeb8caf03c88fcd 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHost.protocol.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHost.protocol.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ import { IDisposable } from 'vs/base/common/lifecycle';
 import { SerializedError } from 'vs/base/common/errors';
 import { IStat, FileChangeType } from 'vs/platform/files/common/files';
 import { ConfigurationScope } from 'vs/platform/configuration/common/configurationRegistry';
-import { ParsedArgs } from 'vs/platform/environment/common/environment';
 import { CommentRule, CharacterPair, EnterAction } from 'vs/editor/common/modes/languageConfiguration';
 import { ISingleEditOperation } from 'vs/editor/common/model';
 import { ILineMatch, IPatternInfo } from 'vs/platform/search/common/search';
@@ -77,9 +76,8 @@ export interface IInitData {
 	configuration: IConfigurationInitData;
 	telemetryInfo: ITelemetryInfo;
 	windowId: number;
-	args: ParsedArgs;
-	execPath: string;
 	logLevel: LogLevel;
+	logsPath: string;
 }
 
 export interface IConfigurationInitData extends IConfigurationData {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostExtensionService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostExtensionService.ts
index f164581641409d99d2a2dd3084f2f8c2589fc813..8532e95c37e00252c726557bd8f871d228b78496 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostExtensionService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostExtensionService.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import { ExtHostWorkspace } from 'vs/workbench/api/node/extHostWorkspace';
 import { TernarySearchTree } from 'vs/base/common/map';
 import { Barrier } from 'vs/base/common/async';
 import { ILogService } from 'vs/platform/log/common/log';
-import { IEnvironmentService } from 'vs/platform/environment/common/environment';
 import { ExtHostLogService } from 'vs/workbench/api/node/extHostLogService';
 import URI from 'vs/base/common/uri';
 
@@ -140,8 +139,7 @@ export class ExtHostExtensionService implements ExtHostExtensionServiceShape {
 		extHostContext: IExtHostContext,
 		extHostWorkspace: ExtHostWorkspace,
 		extHostConfiguration: ExtHostConfiguration,
-		extHostLogService: ExtHostLogService,
-		environmentService: IEnvironmentService
+		extHostLogService: ExtHostLogService
 	) {
 		this._barrier = new Barrier();
 		this._registry = new ExtensionDescriptionRegistry(initData.extensions);
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostLogService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostLogService.ts
index e4b169361909ea78147fd5458706a5177f004e16..6708690a2f429011e078526a9470002b6d5aad3f 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostLogService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostLogService.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { join } from 'vs/base/common/paths';
 import { LogLevel } from 'vs/workbench/api/node/extHostTypes';
 import { ILogService, DelegatedLogService } from 'vs/platform/log/common/log';
 import { createSpdLogService } from 'vs/platform/log/node/spdlogService';
-import { IEnvironmentService } from 'vs/platform/environment/common/environment';
 import { ExtHostLogServiceShape } from 'vs/workbench/api/node/extHost.protocol';
 
 
@@ -20,9 +19,9 @@ export class ExtHostLogService extends DelegatedLogService implements ILogServic
 	constructor(
 		private _windowId: number,
 		logLevel: LogLevel,
-		private _environmentService: IEnvironmentService
+		private _logsPath: string
 	) {
-		super(createSpdLogService(`exthost${_windowId}`, logLevel, _environmentService.logsPath));
+		super(createSpdLogService(`exthost${_windowId}`, logLevel, _logsPath));
 	}
 
 	$setLevel(level: LogLevel): void {
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ export class ExtHostLogService extends DelegatedLogService implements ILogServic
 	}
 
 	getLogDirectory(extensionID: string): string {
-		return join(this._environmentService.logsPath, `${extensionID}_${this._windowId}`);
+		return join(this._logsPath, `${extensionID}_${this._windowId}`);
 	}
 
 	private createLogger(extensionID: string): ExtHostLogger {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/node/extensionHostMain.ts b/src/vs/workbench/node/extensionHostMain.ts
index f0a8fe9cacfeaee70f3a2e20104f2c5b0f9433cf..9a17c7976dc4a21159190bf6e9dcaab4a31e6c02 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/node/extensionHostMain.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/node/extensionHostMain.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import * as errors from 'vs/base/common/errors';
 import * as watchdog from 'native-watchdog';
 import * as glob from 'vs/base/common/glob';
 import { ExtensionActivatedByEvent } from 'vs/workbench/api/node/extHostExtensionActivator';
-import { EnvironmentService } from 'vs/platform/environment/node/environmentService';
 import { IDisposable, dispose } from 'vs/base/common/lifecycle';
 import { IMessagePassingProtocol } from 'vs/base/parts/ipc/common/ipc';
 import { RPCProtocol } from 'vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/rpcProtocol';
@@ -89,8 +88,7 @@ export class ExtensionHostMain {
 
 		// services
 		const rpcProtocol = new RPCProtocol(protocol);
-		const environmentService = new EnvironmentService(initData.args, initData.execPath);
-		this._extHostLogService = new ExtHostLogService(initData.windowId, initData.logLevel, environmentService);
+		this._extHostLogService = new ExtHostLogService(initData.windowId, initData.logLevel, initData.logsPath);
 		this.disposables.push(this._extHostLogService);
 		const extHostWorkspace = new ExtHostWorkspace(rpcProtocol, initData.workspace, this._extHostLogService);
 
@@ -98,7 +96,7 @@ export class ExtensionHostMain {
 		this._extHostLogService.trace('initData', initData);
 
 		this._extHostConfiguration = new ExtHostConfiguration(rpcProtocol.getProxy(MainContext.MainThreadConfiguration), extHostWorkspace, initData.configuration);
-		this._extensionService = new ExtHostExtensionService(initData, rpcProtocol, extHostWorkspace, this._extHostConfiguration, this._extHostLogService, environmentService);
+		this._extensionService = new ExtHostExtensionService(initData, rpcProtocol, extHostWorkspace, this._extHostConfiguration, this._extHostLogService);
 
 		// error forwarding and stack trace scanning
 		Error.stackTraceLimit = 100; // increase number of stack frames (from 10, https://github.com/v8/v8/wiki/Stack-Trace-API)
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/extensions/electron-browser/extensionHost.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/extensions/electron-browser/extensionHost.ts
index d60a90117e8e1eccb5746be514411c5bec5bd41a..045e78f0c5281d65df9929441dc962ffe646e580 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/extensions/electron-browser/extensionHost.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/extensions/electron-browser/extensionHost.ts
@@ -381,10 +381,9 @@ export class ExtensionHostProcessWorker {
 				// Send configurations scopes only in development mode.
 				configuration: !this._environmentService.isBuilt || this._environmentService.isExtensionDevelopment ? { ...configurationData, configurationScopes: getScopes() } : configurationData,
 				telemetryInfo,
-				args: this._environmentService.args,
-				execPath: this._environmentService.execPath,
 				windowId: this._windowService.getCurrentWindowId(),
-				logLevel: this._logService.getLevel()
+				logLevel: this._logService.getLevel(),
+				logsPath: this._environmentService.logsPath
 			};
 			return r;
 		});