diff --git a/src/vs/base/common/event.ts b/src/vs/base/common/event.ts
index 29b2d31a89e1645f9b67e7136fc28d34aec07e36..ca48a8ff9b9f76425985cca1b5130e6560381db7 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/common/event.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/common/event.ts
@@ -233,8 +233,8 @@ export function fromCallback<T>(fn: (handler: (e: T) => void) => IDisposable): E
 	return emitter.event;
 }
 
-export function fromPromise(promise: TPromise<any>): Event<void> {
-	const emitter = new Emitter<void>();
+export function fromPromise<T =any>(promise: TPromise<T>): Event<T> {
+	const emitter = new Emitter<T>();
 	let shouldEmit = false;
 
 	promise
@@ -260,33 +260,6 @@ export function toPromise<T>(event: Event<T>): TPromise<T> {
 	});
 }
 
-export function delayed<T>(promise: TPromise<Event<T>>): Event<T> {
-	let toCancel: TPromise<any> = null;
-	let listener: IDisposable = null;
-
-	const emitter = new Emitter<T>({
-		onFirstListenerAdd() {
-			toCancel = promise.then(
-				event => listener = event(e => emitter.fire(e)),
-				() => null
-			);
-		},
-		onLastListenerRemove() {
-			if (toCancel) {
-				toCancel.cancel();
-				toCancel = null;
-			}
-
-			if (listener) {
-				listener.dispose();
-				listener = null;
-			}
-		}
-	});
-
-	return emitter.event;
-}
-
 export function once<T>(event: Event<T>): Event<T> {
 	return (listener, thisArgs = null, disposables?) => {
 		const result = event(e => {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/common/searchModel.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/common/searchModel.ts
index cd9a3adc2ababa316793f7232982796361f1271c..e72e2cd633806d83f7eeb1015e1db84f977241ae 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/common/searchModel.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/common/searchModel.ts
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ export class SearchModel extends Disposable {
 
 		const onDone = fromPromise(this.currentRequest);
 		const progressEmitter = new Emitter<void>();
-		const onFirstRender = anyEvent(onDone, progressEmitter.event);
+		const onFirstRender = anyEvent<any>(onDone, progressEmitter.event);
 		const onFirstRenderStopwatch = stopwatch(onFirstRender);
 		/* __GDPR__
 			"searchResultsFirstRender" : {