diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/views/views.ts b/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/views/views.ts
index 5d7714e9e57eda023697d8bdfeb359e3bb5fb434..53b16946f974fecf6c83fecd01a9897af5972d95 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/views/views.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/views/views.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import { registerSingleton } from 'vs/platform/instantiation/common/extensions';
 import { IPaneComposite } from 'vs/workbench/common/panecomposite';
 import { IPanelService } from 'vs/workbench/services/panel/common/panelService';
 import { ServicesAccessor, IInstantiationService } from 'vs/platform/instantiation/common/instantiation';
-import { VIEW_ID as SEARCH_VIEW_ID } from 'vs/workbench/services/search/common/search';
 import { ViewPaneContainer } from 'vs/workbench/browser/parts/views/viewPaneContainer';
 import { PaneCompositePanel, PanelRegistry, PanelDescriptor, Extensions as PanelExtensions } from 'vs/workbench/browser/panel';
 import { ITelemetryService } from 'vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetry';
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/browser/workbench.contribution.ts b/src/vs/workbench/browser/workbench.contribution.ts
index e9070ab9bd38b373375b16bf837ac206076ffeed..b78d10076522426afc4514975177231915af7f13 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/browser/workbench.contribution.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/browser/workbench.contribution.ts
@@ -226,11 +226,6 @@ import { workbenchConfigurationNodeBase } from 'vs/workbench/common/configuratio
 				'default': false,
 				'description': nls.localize('viewVisibility', "Controls the visibility of view header actions. View header actions may either be always visible, or only visible when that view is focused or hovered over.")
 			},
-			'workbench.view.experimental.allowMovingToNewContainer': {
-				'type': 'boolean',
-				'default': true,
-				'description': nls.localize('movingViewContainer', "Controls whether specific views will have a context menu entry allowing them to be moved to a new container. Currently, this setting only affects the outline view and views contributed by extensions.")
-			},
 			'workbench.fontAliasing': {
 				'type': 'string',
 				'enum': ['default', 'antialiased', 'none', 'auto'],
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/views/browser/viewDescriptorService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/views/browser/viewDescriptorService.ts
index 5e0a0ca3c9c903a9c99b4d9873ad65be54de151b..1249935da054dbed81ca3227fcc011f75c5583b3 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/views/browser/viewDescriptorService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/views/browser/viewDescriptorService.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ import { SyncDescriptor } from 'vs/platform/instantiation/common/descriptors';
 import { registerSingleton } from 'vs/platform/instantiation/common/extensions';
 import { Event, Emitter } from 'vs/base/common/event';
 import { firstIndex } from 'vs/base/common/arrays';
-import { IConfigurationService } from 'vs/platform/configuration/common/configuration';
-import { VIEW_ID as SEARCH_VIEW_ID } from 'vs/workbench/services/search/common/search';
 
 class CounterSet<T> implements IReadableSet<T> {
 
@@ -219,8 +217,7 @@ export class ViewDescriptorService extends Disposable implements IViewDescriptor
 	constructor(
 		@IContextKeyService private readonly contextKeyService: IContextKeyService,
 		@IStorageService private readonly storageService: IStorageService,
-		@IExtensionService private readonly extensionService: IExtensionService,
-		@IConfigurationService private readonly configurationService: IConfigurationService
+		@IExtensionService private readonly extensionService: IExtensionService
 	) {
 		super();
 
@@ -256,33 +253,6 @@ export class ViewDescriptorService extends Disposable implements IViewDescriptor
 		this._register(this.storageService.onDidChangeStorage((e) => { this.onDidStorageChange(e); }));
 
 		this._register(this.extensionService.onDidRegisterExtensions(() => this.onDidRegisterExtensions()));
-
-		this._register(this.configurationService.onDidChangeConfiguration((changeEvent) => {
-			if (changeEvent.affectedKeys.find(key => key === 'workbench.view.experimental.allowMovingToNewContainer')) {
-				if (this.viewsCanMoveSettingValue) {
-					return;
-				}
-
-				// update all moved views to their default locations
-				for (const viewId of this.cachedViewInfo.keys()) {
-					if (viewId === SEARCH_VIEW_ID) {
-						continue;
-					}
-
-					const viewDescriptor = this.getViewDescriptor(viewId);
-					const viewLocation = this.getViewContainer(viewId);
-					const defaultLocation = this.getDefaultContainer(viewId);
-
-					if (viewDescriptor && viewLocation && defaultLocation && defaultLocation !== viewLocation) {
-						this.moveViews([viewDescriptor], viewLocation, defaultLocation);
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}));
-	}
-
-	private get viewsCanMoveSettingValue(): boolean {
-		return !!this.configurationService.getValue<boolean>('workbench.view.experimental.allowMovingToNewContainer');
 	}
 
 	private registerGroupedViews(groupedViews: Map<string, { cachedContainerInfo?: ICachedViewContainerInfo, views: IViewDescriptor[] }>): void {
@@ -379,7 +349,7 @@ export class ViewDescriptorService extends Disposable implements IViewDescriptor
 	}
 
 	private shouldGenerateContainer(containerInfo: ICachedViewContainerInfo): boolean {
-		return !!containerInfo.sourceViewId && containerInfo.location !== undefined && (this.viewsCanMoveSettingValue || containerInfo.sourceViewId === SEARCH_VIEW_ID);
+		return !!containerInfo.sourceViewId && containerInfo.location !== undefined;
 	}
 
 	private onDidDeregisterViews(views: IViewDescriptor[], viewContainer: ViewContainer): void {