diff --git a/src/vs/platform/telemetry/browser/workbenchCommonProperties.ts b/src/vs/platform/telemetry/browser/workbenchCommonProperties.ts
index 582ace3280996f7bad9e147467ceec862b82bbda..8f2d241306144c5a4ca73010359502ea87d9ad8e 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/telemetry/browser/workbenchCommonProperties.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/telemetry/browser/workbenchCommonProperties.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export const lastSessionDateStorageKey = 'telemetry.lastSessionDate';
 
 import * as Platform from 'vs/base/common/platform';
 import * as uuid from 'vs/base/common/uuid';
+import { cleanRemoteAuthority } from 'vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetryUtils';
 
 export async function resolveWorkbenchCommonProperties(storageService: IStorageService, commit: string | undefined, version: string | undefined, machineId: string, remoteAuthority?: string): Promise<{ [name: string]: string | undefined }> {
 	const result: { [name: string]: string | undefined; } = Object.create(null);
@@ -69,18 +70,3 @@ export async function resolveWorkbenchCommonProperties(storageService: IStorageS
 	return result;
 }
 
-function cleanRemoteAuthority(remoteAuthority?: string): string {
-	if (!remoteAuthority) {
-		return 'none';
-	}
-
-	let ret = 'other';
-	// Whitelisted remote authorities
-	['ssh-remote', 'dev-container', 'attached-container', 'wsl'].forEach((res: string) => {
-		if (remoteAuthority!.indexOf(`${res}+`) === 0) {
-			ret = res;
-		}
-	});
-
-	return ret;
-}
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetryUtils.ts b/src/vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetryUtils.ts
index f8990d64a32ae6a3ca15cc900e4c773e4616659a..d98abe9e156848e3bcc67bc1fdfc982327bdb901 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetryUtils.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetryUtils.ts
@@ -288,6 +288,22 @@ export function validateTelemetryData(data?: any): { properties: Properties, mea
 	};
 }
 
+export function cleanRemoteAuthority(remoteAuthority?: string): string {
+	if (!remoteAuthority) {
+		return 'none';
+	}
+
+	let ret = 'other';
+	// Whitelisted remote authorities
+	['ssh-remote', 'dev-container', 'attached-container', 'wsl'].forEach((res: string) => {
+		if (remoteAuthority!.indexOf(`${res}+`) === 0) {
+			ret = res;
+		}
+	});
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 function flatten(obj: any, result: { [key: string]: any }, order: number = 0, prefix?: string): void {
 	if (!obj) {
 		return;
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/telemetry/node/workbenchCommonProperties.ts b/src/vs/platform/telemetry/node/workbenchCommonProperties.ts
index d1b83a14146111bba36bf3beb70a287e759edafd..81d6a4d3d228959949bc022a6f41c45a49d49a13 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/telemetry/node/workbenchCommonProperties.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/telemetry/node/workbenchCommonProperties.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import { IStorageService, StorageScope } from 'vs/platform/storage/common/storage';
 import { resolveCommonProperties } from 'vs/platform/telemetry/node/commonProperties';
 import { instanceStorageKey, firstSessionDateStorageKey, lastSessionDateStorageKey } from 'vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetry';
+import { cleanRemoteAuthority } from 'vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetryUtils';
 
 export async function resolveWorkbenchCommonProperties(storageService: IStorageService, commit: string | undefined, version: string | undefined, machineId: string, installSourcePath: string, remoteAuthority?: string): Promise<{ [name: string]: string | undefined }> {
 	const result = await resolveCommonProperties(commit, version, machineId, installSourcePath);
@@ -30,19 +31,3 @@ export async function resolveWorkbenchCommonProperties(storageService: IStorageS
 
 	return result;
 }
-
-function cleanRemoteAuthority(remoteAuthority?: string): string {
-	if (!remoteAuthority) {
-		return 'none';
-	}
-
-	let ret = 'other';
-	// Whitelisted remote authorities
-	['ssh-remote', 'dev-container', 'wsl'].forEach((res: string) => {
-		if (remoteAuthority!.indexOf(`${res}+`) === 0) {
-			ret = res;
-		}
-	});
-
-	return ret;
-}