diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/extensions/browser/extensionEditor.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/extensions/browser/extensionEditor.ts
index e639718454483efe14be201969126b74a7e073d5..d871327b7cceb26b57531d965f83585a90fa3574 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/extensions/browser/extensionEditor.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/extensions/browser/extensionEditor.ts
@@ -589,7 +589,6 @@ export class ExtensionEditor extends BaseEditor {
 			this.contentDisposables.add(webviewElement.onDidFocus(() => this.fireOnDidFocus()));
 			const removeLayoutParticipant = arrays.insert(this.layoutParticipants, {
 				layout: () => {
-					webviewElement.layout();
 					webviewElement.layoutWebviewOverElement(template.content);
 				}
 			});
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/browser/dynamicWebviewEditorOverlay.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/browser/dynamicWebviewEditorOverlay.ts
index 7f07e35f4fdd8b3e110a71e30de08e76bf5c27d7..49726558e1cfe71bcc62d2136d388a3255502fdd 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/browser/dynamicWebviewEditorOverlay.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/browser/dynamicWebviewEditorOverlay.ts
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ export class DynamicWebviewEditorOverlay extends Disposable implements WebviewEd
 		}
 	}
 
-	layout(): void { this.withWebview(webview => webview.layout()); }
 	focus(): void { this.withWebview(webview => webview.focus()); }
 	reload(): void { this.withWebview(webview => webview.reload()); }
 	showFind(): void { this.withWebview(webview => webview.showFind()); }
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/browser/webview.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/browser/webview.ts
index 0cb185a5b0e52c39186de7bd64f0790ec2d64bde..cca4ac9111eff84df0bca083e9013967462fdff3 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/browser/webview.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/browser/webview.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ export interface Webview extends IDisposable {
 
 	sendMessage(data: any): void;
 
-	layout(): void;
 	focus(): void;
 	reload(): void;
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/browser/webviewEditor.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/browser/webviewEditor.ts
index cb620c83d9dee1347475fcdc3b86f03fa082b37a..fdec5eecd576a8c0d1be104ab630252402039538 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/browser/webviewEditor.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/browser/webviewEditor.ts
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ export class WebviewEditor extends BaseEditor {
 		this._dimension = dimension;
 		if (this.input && this.input instanceof WebviewInput) {
 			this.synchronizeWebviewContainerDimensions(this.input.webview, dimension);
-			this.input.webview.layout();
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/browser/webviewElement.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/browser/webviewElement.ts
index e33c746b373fb56a1607fe4a0b681fa12dd97a77..1f95fae1e1979e77b84d1a247293cf529706f3fa 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/browser/webviewElement.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/browser/webviewElement.ts
@@ -232,10 +232,6 @@ export class IFrameWebview extends Disposable implements Webview {
 		this._send('message', data);
 	}
 
-	layout(): void {
-		// noop
-	}
-
 	focus(): void {
 		if (this.element) {
 			this.element.focus();
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/electron-browser/webviewElement.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/electron-browser/webviewElement.ts
index 01639181a38f51c05df214a4162b24ae179ba80b..e64b9e14ff63b4d9511d8d553b41a73e4728e6cd 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/electron-browser/webviewElement.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/electron-browser/webviewElement.ts
@@ -315,8 +315,6 @@ export class ElectronWebviewBasedWebview extends Disposable implements Webview,
 			console.log(`[Embedded Page] ${e.message}`);
 		}));
 		this._register(addDisposableListener(this._webview, 'dom-ready', () => {
-			this.layout();
-
 			// Workaround for https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/14474
 			if (this._webview && (this._focused || document.activeElement === this._webview)) {
 				this._webview.blur();
@@ -364,7 +362,6 @@ export class ElectronWebviewBasedWebview extends Disposable implements Webview,
 					this._webview.style.flex = '';
 					this._webview.style.width = '100%';
 					this._webview.style.height = '100%';
-					this.layout();
 					return;
 
 				case 'did-scroll':
@@ -563,11 +560,6 @@ export class ElectronWebviewBasedWebview extends Disposable implements Webview,
 		}
 	}
 
-	public layout(): void {
-		// noop
-
-	}
-
 	private readonly _hasFindResult = this._register(new Emitter<boolean>());
 	public readonly hasFindResult: Event<boolean> = this._hasFindResult.event;