diff --git a/test/smoke/src/spectron/application.ts b/test/smoke/src/spectron/application.ts
index 5e5987aeb912f3e8d09ff78a567dae7177ddb148..7f71b18dcd0228c90c6149544ba925cedf135c44 100644
--- a/test/smoke/src/spectron/application.ts
+++ b/test/smoke/src/spectron/application.ts
@@ -155,6 +155,26 @@ export class SpectronApplication {
 		this._workbench = new Workbench(this);
 	}
 
+	/* private async setUpUserDataDirectory(): Promise<string> {
+		const userDataDir = path.join(this._userDir, String(SpectronApplication.count++));
+
+		return new Promise<string>((c, e) => {
+			const settingsDir = path.join(userDataDir, 'User');
+			mkdirp(path.join(userDataDir, 'User'), (error => {
+				if (error) {
+					e(error);
+					return;
+				}
+				try {
+					fs.writeFileSync(path.join(settingsDir, 'settings.json'), `{\n	"telemetry.enableTelemetry": false\n	}`);
+					c(userDataDir);
+				} catch (error) {
+					e(error);
+				}
+			}));
+		});
+	} */
+
 	private async checkWindowReady(): Promise<any> {
 		await this.webclient.waitUntilWindowLoaded();
 		// Spectron opens multiple terminals in Windows platform