diff --git a/src/vs/base/common/async.ts b/src/vs/base/common/async.ts
index d7c548ae4efe8988a8957c62b14c6c2b95a7fd17..1e7e03c656e34735ceabd6298372061cb48e1497 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/common/async.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/common/async.ts
@@ -133,14 +133,12 @@ export class Throttler {
  */
 export class Delayer<T> {
 
-	public defaultDelay: number;
 	private timeout: number;
 	private completionPromise: Promise;
 	private onSuccess: ValueCallback;
 	private task: ITask<T>;
 
-	constructor(defaultDelay: number) {
-		this.defaultDelay = defaultDelay;
+	constructor(public defaultDelay: number) {
 		this.timeout = null;
 		this.completionPromise = null;
 		this.onSuccess = null;
@@ -474,7 +472,7 @@ export class TimeoutTimer extends Disposable {
 }
 
 export class IntervalTimer extends Disposable {
-	
+
 	private _token: platform.IntervalToken;
 
 	constructor() {