diff --git a/src/vs/platform/remote/common/remoteAgentEnvironment.ts b/src/vs/platform/remote/common/remoteAgentEnvironment.ts
index e8affc963ef647e30ac813dd964dfc4229212c84..c1815d801f31e8b4641c90fee2c3809bdf9518a8 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/remote/common/remoteAgentEnvironment.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/remote/common/remoteAgentEnvironment.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ export interface IRemoteAgentEnvironment {
 	userHome: URI;
 	extensions: IExtensionDescription[];
 	os: OperatingSystem;
-	syncExtensions: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface RemoteAgentConnectionContext {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/remote/common/remoteAgentEnvironmentChannel.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/remote/common/remoteAgentEnvironmentChannel.ts
index a4c2d0e79325af31ce41ead4fc715e347e19beb0..d606963a9c40f0b2e7cf9dfaa586ced0cdf56bea 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/remote/common/remoteAgentEnvironmentChannel.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/remote/common/remoteAgentEnvironmentChannel.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ export interface IRemoteAgentEnvironmentDTO {
 	userHome: UriComponents;
 	extensions: IExtensionDescription[];
 	os: platform.OperatingSystem;
-	syncExtensions: boolean;
 }
 
 export class RemoteExtensionEnvironmentChannelClient {
@@ -54,8 +53,7 @@ export class RemoteExtensionEnvironmentChannelClient {
 					globalStorageHome: URI.revive(data.globalStorageHome),
 					userHome: URI.revive(data.userHome),
 					extensions: data.extensions.map(ext => { (<any>ext).extensionLocation = URI.revive(ext.extensionLocation); return ext; }),
-					os: data.os,
-					syncExtensions: data.syncExtensions
+					os: data.os
 				};
 			});
 	}