diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-main/menus.ts b/src/vs/code/electron-main/menus.ts
index bdd87fef0c05d264a85e5ebeff4835ca468b7ff5..9864ceccef2a6c006bbb8d83882f4f451f9b0890 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-main/menus.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-main/menus.ts
@@ -381,12 +381,10 @@ export class CodeMenu {
 		const workspacesMenu = new Menu();
 		const workspaces = new MenuItem({ label: this.mnemonicLabel(nls.localize({ key: 'miWorkspaces', comment: ['&& denotes a mnemonic'] }, "&&Workspaces")), submenu: workspacesMenu });
 
-		const newWorkspace = new MenuItem(this.likeAction('workbench.action.newWorkspace', { label: this.mnemonicLabel(nls.localize({ key: 'miNewWorkspace', comment: ['&& denotes a mnemonic'] }, "&&New Workspace...")), click: () => this.windowsService.newWorkspace() }));
 		const openWorkspace = new MenuItem(this.likeAction('workbench.action.openWorkspace', { label: this.mnemonicLabel(nls.localize({ key: 'miOpenWorkspace', comment: ['&& denotes a mnemonic'] }, "&&Open Workspace...")), click: () => this.windowsService.openWorkspace() }));
 		this.saveWorkspace = this.createMenuItem(nls.localize({ key: 'miSaveWorkspaceAs', comment: ['&& denotes a mnemonic'] }, "&&Save Workspace As..."), 'workbench.action.saveWorkspaceAs');
 		const addFolder = this.createMenuItem(nls.localize({ key: 'miAddFolderToWorkspace', comment: ['&& denotes a mnemonic'] }, "&&Add Folder to Workspace..."), 'workbench.action.addRootFolder');
 		[
-			newWorkspace,
 			openWorkspace,
 			__separator__(),
 			this.saveWorkspace,
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/browser/actions/workspaceActions.ts b/src/vs/workbench/browser/actions/workspaceActions.ts
index df76e154cb54e593be2596444a6e43f1526125e8..0c472919a370a9f655b717395329d31c888cc10f 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/browser/actions/workspaceActions.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/browser/actions/workspaceActions.ts
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ export class OpenWorkspaceAction extends Action {
 	}
 }
 
-export class NewWorkspaceAction extends Action {
+class NewWorkspaceAction extends Action {
 
 	static ID = 'workbench.action.newWorkspace';
 	static LABEL = nls.localize('newWorkspace', "New Workspace...");
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/main.contribution.ts b/src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/main.contribution.ts
index c654c871b02fe612621e1c7733e3e74cad671209..59c55a265fb7c4e1840f64c600938e5adb53f76f 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/main.contribution.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/main.contribution.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { CloseEditorAction, KeybindingsReferenceAction, OpenDocumentationUrlActi
 import { MessagesVisibleContext } from 'vs/workbench/electron-browser/workbench';
 import { IJSONSchema } from 'vs/base/common/jsonSchema';
 import { registerCommands } from 'vs/workbench/electron-browser/commands';
-import { AddRootFolderAction, NewWorkspaceAction, OpenWorkspaceAction, SaveWorkspaceAsAction } from 'vs/workbench/browser/actions/workspaceActions';
+import { AddRootFolderAction, OpenWorkspaceAction, SaveWorkspaceAsAction } from 'vs/workbench/browser/actions/workspaceActions';
 
 // Contribute Commands
 registerCommands();
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ workbenchActionsRegistry.registerWorkbenchAction(new SyncActionDescriptor(Decrea
 // TODO@Ben multi root
 if (product.quality !== 'stable') {
 	const workspacesCategory = nls.localize('workspaces', "Workspaces");
-	workbenchActionsRegistry.registerWorkbenchAction(new SyncActionDescriptor(NewWorkspaceAction, NewWorkspaceAction.ID, NewWorkspaceAction.LABEL), 'Workspaces: New Workspace...', workspacesCategory);
 	workbenchActionsRegistry.registerWorkbenchAction(new SyncActionDescriptor(AddRootFolderAction, AddRootFolderAction.ID, AddRootFolderAction.LABEL), 'Workspaces: Add Folder to Workspace...', workspacesCategory);
 	workbenchActionsRegistry.registerWorkbenchAction(new SyncActionDescriptor(OpenWorkspaceAction, OpenWorkspaceAction.ID, OpenWorkspaceAction.LABEL), 'Workspaces: Open Workspace...', workspacesCategory);
 	workbenchActionsRegistry.registerWorkbenchAction(new SyncActionDescriptor(SaveWorkspaceAsAction, SaveWorkspaceAsAction.ID, SaveWorkspaceAsAction.LABEL), 'Workspaces: Save Workspace...', workspacesCategory);