diff --git a/src/vs/platform/keybinding/common/keybindingIO.ts b/src/vs/platform/keybinding/common/keybindingIO.ts
index f41a3abf0b04e6f750490c31b0e105b5b7e67878..282d8bb69249a11fdab17579d74de5c45ae92d54 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/keybinding/common/keybindingIO.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/keybinding/common/keybindingIO.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 'use strict';
 
-import { Keybinding } from 'vs/base/common/keyCodes';
+import { Keybinding, KeyMod, KeyChord, USER_SETTINGS } from 'vs/base/common/keyCodes';
 import { ISimplifiedPlatform, KeybindingLabels } from 'vs/platform/keybinding/common/keybindingLabels';
 import * as platform from 'vs/base/common/platform';
 import { IKeybindingItem, IUserFriendlyKeybinding } from 'vs/platform/keybinding/common/keybinding';
@@ -66,7 +66,87 @@ export class KeybindingIO {
 	}
 
 	public static readKeybinding(input: string, Platform: ISimplifiedPlatform = platform): number {
-		return KeybindingLabels.fromUserSettingsLabel(input, Platform);
+		if (!input) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		input = input.toLowerCase().trim();
+
+		let ctrlCmd = false,
+			shift = false,
+			alt = false,
+			winCtrl = false,
+			key: string = '';
+
+		while (/^(ctrl|shift|alt|meta|win|cmd)(\+|\-)/.test(input)) {
+			if (/^ctrl(\+|\-)/.test(input)) {
+				if (Platform.isMacintosh) {
+					winCtrl = true;
+				} else {
+					ctrlCmd = true;
+				}
+				input = input.substr('ctrl-'.length);
+			}
+			if (/^shift(\+|\-)/.test(input)) {
+				shift = true;
+				input = input.substr('shift-'.length);
+			}
+			if (/^alt(\+|\-)/.test(input)) {
+				alt = true;
+				input = input.substr('alt-'.length);
+			}
+			if (/^meta(\+|\-)/.test(input)) {
+				if (Platform.isMacintosh) {
+					ctrlCmd = true;
+				} else {
+					winCtrl = true;
+				}
+				input = input.substr('meta-'.length);
+			}
+			if (/^win(\+|\-)/.test(input)) {
+				if (Platform.isMacintosh) {
+					ctrlCmd = true;
+				} else {
+					winCtrl = true;
+				}
+				input = input.substr('win-'.length);
+			}
+			if (/^cmd(\+|\-)/.test(input)) {
+				if (Platform.isMacintosh) {
+					ctrlCmd = true;
+				} else {
+					winCtrl = true;
+				}
+				input = input.substr('cmd-'.length);
+			}
+		}
+
+		let chord: number = 0;
+
+		let firstSpaceIdx = input.indexOf(' ');
+		if (firstSpaceIdx > 0) {
+			key = input.substring(0, firstSpaceIdx);
+			chord = KeybindingIO.readKeybinding(input.substring(firstSpaceIdx), Platform);
+		} else {
+			key = input;
+		}
+
+		let keyCode = USER_SETTINGS.toKeyCode(key);
+
+		let result = 0;
+		if (ctrlCmd) {
+			result |= KeyMod.CtrlCmd;
+		}
+		if (shift) {
+			result |= KeyMod.Shift;
+		}
+		if (alt) {
+			result |= KeyMod.Alt;
+		}
+		if (winCtrl) {
+			result |= KeyMod.WinCtrl;
+		}
+		result |= keyCode;
+		return KeyChord(result, chord);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/keybinding/common/keybindingLabels.ts b/src/vs/platform/keybinding/common/keybindingLabels.ts
index 2accde99cd3707591753d2c8c993b769139ebc3e..de0465b647cc9ca20dabd8ddb19cb8ff8111d54c 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/keybinding/common/keybindingLabels.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/keybinding/common/keybindingLabels.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import * as nls from 'vs/nls';
 import * as defaultPlatform from 'vs/base/common/platform';
 import { IHTMLContentElement } from 'vs/base/common/htmlContent';
-import { Keybinding, SimpleKeybinding, KeyCode, KeyMod, KeyChord, KeyCodeUtils, USER_SETTINGS } from 'vs/base/common/keyCodes';
+import { Keybinding, SimpleKeybinding, KeyCode, KeyCodeUtils, USER_SETTINGS } from 'vs/base/common/keyCodes';
 
 export interface ISimplifiedPlatform {
 	isMacintosh: boolean;
@@ -54,93 +54,6 @@ export class KeybindingLabels {
 		return result;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @internal
-	 */
-	public static fromUserSettingsLabel(input: string, Platform: ISimplifiedPlatform = defaultPlatform): number {
-		if (!input) {
-			return null;
-		}
-		input = input.toLowerCase().trim();
-
-		let ctrlCmd = false,
-			shift = false,
-			alt = false,
-			winCtrl = false,
-			key: string = '';
-
-		while (/^(ctrl|shift|alt|meta|win|cmd)(\+|\-)/.test(input)) {
-			if (/^ctrl(\+|\-)/.test(input)) {
-				if (Platform.isMacintosh) {
-					winCtrl = true;
-				} else {
-					ctrlCmd = true;
-				}
-				input = input.substr('ctrl-'.length);
-			}
-			if (/^shift(\+|\-)/.test(input)) {
-				shift = true;
-				input = input.substr('shift-'.length);
-			}
-			if (/^alt(\+|\-)/.test(input)) {
-				alt = true;
-				input = input.substr('alt-'.length);
-			}
-			if (/^meta(\+|\-)/.test(input)) {
-				if (Platform.isMacintosh) {
-					ctrlCmd = true;
-				} else {
-					winCtrl = true;
-				}
-				input = input.substr('meta-'.length);
-			}
-			if (/^win(\+|\-)/.test(input)) {
-				if (Platform.isMacintosh) {
-					ctrlCmd = true;
-				} else {
-					winCtrl = true;
-				}
-				input = input.substr('win-'.length);
-			}
-			if (/^cmd(\+|\-)/.test(input)) {
-				if (Platform.isMacintosh) {
-					ctrlCmd = true;
-				} else {
-					winCtrl = true;
-				}
-				input = input.substr('cmd-'.length);
-			}
-		}
-
-		let chord: number = 0;
-
-		let firstSpaceIdx = input.indexOf(' ');
-		if (firstSpaceIdx > 0) {
-			key = input.substring(0, firstSpaceIdx);
-			chord = KeybindingLabels.fromUserSettingsLabel(input.substring(firstSpaceIdx), Platform);
-		} else {
-			key = input;
-		}
-
-		let keyCode = USER_SETTINGS.toKeyCode(key);
-
-		let result = 0;
-		if (ctrlCmd) {
-			result |= KeyMod.CtrlCmd;
-		}
-		if (shift) {
-			result |= KeyMod.Shift;
-		}
-		if (alt) {
-			result |= KeyMod.Alt;
-		}
-		if (winCtrl) {
-			result |= KeyMod.WinCtrl;
-		}
-		result |= keyCode;
-		return KeyChord(result, chord);
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Format the binding to a format appropiate for rendering in the UI
 	 * @internal
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/extensions/browser/extensionEditor.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/extensions/browser/extensionEditor.ts
index 5fbda95d6f6de31d0ea34560fee7ae370cc47b78..9534d57443cb3e37de556513cf3c7eec67b217de 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/extensions/browser/extensionEditor.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/extensions/browser/extensionEditor.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import { ActionBar } from 'vs/base/browser/ui/actionbar/actionbar';
 import { CombinedInstallAction, UpdateAction, EnableAction, DisableAction, BuiltinStatusLabelAction, ReloadAction } from 'vs/workbench/parts/extensions/browser/extensionsActions';
 import WebView from 'vs/workbench/parts/html/browser/webview';
 import { createKeybinding } from 'vs/base/common/keyCodes';
-import { KeybindingLabels } from 'vs/platform/keybinding/common/keybindingLabels';
+import { KeybindingIO } from 'vs/platform/keybinding/common/keybindingIO';
 import { IKeybindingService } from 'vs/platform/keybinding/common/keybinding';
 import { DomScrollableElement } from 'vs/base/browser/ui/scrollbar/scrollableElement';
 import { IMessageService } from 'vs/platform/message/common/message';
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ export class ExtensionEditor extends BaseEditor {
 			case 'darwin': key = rawKeyBinding.mac; break;
 		}
 
-		const keyBinding = createKeybinding(KeybindingLabels.fromUserSettingsLabel(key || rawKeyBinding.key));
+		const keyBinding = createKeybinding(KeybindingIO.readKeybinding(key || rawKeyBinding.key));
 		const resolvedKeybinding = this.keybindingService.resolveKeybinding(keyBinding);
 		const result = resolvedKeybinding.getLabel();
 		return result === 'unknown' ? null : result;
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/update/electron-browser/update.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/update/electron-browser/update.ts
index 39893f1f12dfad882a7f945b1cfe02032022f603..4d260033f67e21fc7f50069c84ec9756e39f77f2 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/update/electron-browser/update.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/update/electron-browser/update.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { IRequestService } from 'vs/platform/request/node/request';
 import { asText } from 'vs/base/node/request';
 import { IKeybindingService } from 'vs/platform/keybinding/common/keybinding';
 import { createKeybinding } from 'vs/base/common/keyCodes';
-import { KeybindingLabels } from 'vs/platform/keybinding/common/keybindingLabels';
+import { KeybindingIO } from 'vs/platform/keybinding/common/keybindingIO';
 import { IOpenerService } from 'vs/platform/opener/common/opener';
 import { IWorkbenchContribution } from 'vs/workbench/common/contributions';
 import { IStorageService, StorageScope } from 'vs/platform/storage/common/storage';
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export function loadReleaseNotes(accessor: ServicesAccessor, version: string): T
 		};
 
 		const kbstyle = (match: string, kb: string) => {
-			const code = KeybindingLabels.fromUserSettingsLabel(kb);
+			const code = KeybindingIO.readKeybinding(kb);
 
 			if (!code) {
 				return unassigned;