diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/browser/dnd.ts b/src/vs/workbench/browser/dnd.ts
index 2054ceece3cdfd45697a3a9728c7c8c636a87585..cce2dfe5632844467fb20d23dfa81fa0cfb8f425 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/browser/dnd.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/browser/dnd.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { DataTransfers } from 'vs/base/browser/dnd';
 import { DragMouseEvent } from 'vs/base/browser/mouseEvent';
 import { normalizeDriveLetter } from 'vs/base/common/labels';
 import { MIME_BINARY } from 'vs/base/common/mime';
-import { isWindows } from 'vs/base/common/platform';
+import { isWindows, isLinux } from 'vs/base/common/platform';
 import { ServicesAccessor } from 'vs/platform/instantiation/common/instantiation';
 import { isCodeEditor } from 'vs/editor/browser/editorBrowser';
 import { IEditorIdentifier, GroupIdentifier } from 'vs/workbench/common/editor';
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import { IEditorGroup } from 'vs/workbench/services/editor/common/editorGroupsSe
 import { IRecentFile } from 'vs/platform/history/common/history';
 import { IWorkspaceEditingService } from 'vs/workbench/services/workspace/common/workspaceEditing';
 import { withNullAsUndefined } from 'vs/base/common/types';
+import { IWorkbenchEnvironmentService } from 'vs/workbench/services/environment/common/environmentService';
 
 export interface IDraggedResource {
 	resource: URI;
@@ -327,8 +328,12 @@ export function fillResourceDataTransfers(accessor: ServicesAccessor, resources:
 	const lineDelimiter = isWindows ? '\r\n' : '\n';
 	event.dataTransfer.setData(DataTransfers.TEXT, sources.map(source => source.resource.scheme === Schemas.file ? normalize(normalizeDriveLetter(source.resource.fsPath)) : source.resource.toString()).join(lineDelimiter));
 
-	// Download URL: enables support to drag a tab as file to desktop (only single file supported)
-	event.dataTransfer.setData(DataTransfers.DOWNLOAD_URL, [MIME_BINARY, basename(firstSource.resource), firstSource.resource.toString()].join(':'));
+	const envService = accessor.get(IWorkbenchEnvironmentService);
+	if (!(isLinux && envService.configuration.remoteAuthority)) {
+		// Download URL: enables support to drag a tab as file to desktop (only single file supported)
+		// Not supported on linux remote due to chrome limitation https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-remote-release/issues/849
+		event.dataTransfer.setData(DataTransfers.DOWNLOAD_URL, [MIME_BINARY, basename(firstSource.resource), firstSource.resource.toString()].join(':'));
+	}
 
 	// Resource URLs: allows to drop multiple resources to a target in VS Code (not directories)
 	const files = sources.filter(s => !s.isDirectory);