diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/darwin/product-build-darwin.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/darwin/product-build-darwin.yml
index c315dbb3d3fe4..f7810b6f076db 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/darwin/product-build-darwin.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/darwin/product-build-darwin.yml
@@ -231,15 +231,3 @@ steps:
           Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=AZURE_TENANT_ID]$env:tenantId"
           Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=AZURE_CLIENT_ID]$env:servicePrincipalId"
           Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET;issecret=true]$env:servicePrincipalKey"
-
-    - script: |
-        set -e
-        AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT="ticino" \
-        AZURE_TENANT_ID="$(AZURE_TENANT_ID)" \
-        AZURE_CLIENT_ID="$(AZURE_CLIENT_ID)" \
-        AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET="$(AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET)" \
-        VSCODE_ARCH="$(VSCODE_ARCH)" \
-          node build/azure-pipelines/upload-configuration
-      displayName: Upload configuration (for Bing settings search)
-      condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['VSCODE_ARCH'], 'x64'))
-      continueOnError: true
diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/upload-configuration.ts b/build/azure-pipelines/upload-configuration.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 596dac701e459..0000000000000
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/upload-configuration.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,129 +0,0 @@
-/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
- *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
- *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-
-import * as path from 'path';
-import * as os from 'os';
-import * as cp from 'child_process';
-import * as vfs from 'vinyl-fs';
-import * as util from '../lib/util';
-import { ClientSecretCredential } from '@azure/identity';
-const azure = require('gulp-azure-storage');
-import * as packageJson from '../../package.json';
-
-const commit = process.env['BUILD_SOURCEVERSION'];
-
-function generateVSCodeConfigurationTask(): Promise<string | undefined> {
-	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-		const buildDir = process.env['AGENT_BUILDDIRECTORY'];
-		if (!buildDir) {
-			return reject(new Error('$AGENT_BUILDDIRECTORY not set'));
-		}
-
-		if (!shouldSetupSettingsSearch()) {
-			console.log(`Only runs on main and release branches, not ${process.env.BUILD_SOURCEBRANCH}`);
-			return resolve(undefined);
-		}
-
-		if (process.env.VSCODE_QUALITY !== 'insider' && process.env.VSCODE_QUALITY !== 'stable') {
-			console.log(`Only runs on insider and stable qualities, not ${process.env.VSCODE_QUALITY}`);
-			return resolve(undefined);
-		}
-
-		const result = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'configuration.json');
-		const userDataDir = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'tmpuserdata');
-		const extensionsDir = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'tmpextdir');
-		const arch = process.env['VSCODE_ARCH'];
-		const appRoot = path.join(buildDir, `VSCode-darwin-${arch}`);
-		const appName = process.env.VSCODE_QUALITY === 'insider' ? 'Visual\\ Studio\\ Code\\ -\\ Insiders.app' : 'Visual\\ Studio\\ Code.app';
-		const appPath = path.join(appRoot, appName, 'Contents', 'Resources', 'app', 'bin', 'code');
-		const codeProc = cp.exec(
-			`${appPath} --export-default-configuration='${result}' --wait --user-data-dir='${userDataDir}' --extensions-dir='${extensionsDir}'`,
-			(err, stdout, stderr) => {
-				clearTimeout(timer);
-				if (err) {
-					console.log(`err: ${err} ${err.message} ${err.toString()}`);
-					reject(err);
-				}
-
-				if (stdout) {
-					console.log(`stdout: ${stdout}`);
-				}
-
-				if (stderr) {
-					console.log(`stderr: ${stderr}`);
-				}
-
-				resolve(result);
-			}
-		);
-		const timer = setTimeout(() => {
-			codeProc.kill();
-			reject(new Error('export-default-configuration process timed out'));
-		}, 60 * 1000);
-
-		codeProc.on('error', err => {
-			clearTimeout(timer);
-			reject(err);
-		});
-	});
-}
-
-export function shouldSetupSettingsSearch(): boolean {
-	const branch = process.env.BUILD_SOURCEBRANCH;
-	return !!(branch && (/\/main$/.test(branch) || branch.indexOf('/release/') >= 0));
-}
-
-export function getSettingsSearchBuildId(packageJson: { version: string }) {
-	try {
-		const branch = process.env.BUILD_SOURCEBRANCH!;
-		const branchId = branch.indexOf('/release/') >= 0 ? 0 :
-			/\/main$/.test(branch) ? 1 :
-				2; // Some unexpected branch
-
-		const out = cp.execSync(`git rev-list HEAD --count`);
-		const count = parseInt(out.toString());
-
-		// <version number><commit count><branchId (avoid unlikely conflicts)>
-		// 1.25.1, 1,234,567 commits, main = 1250112345671
-		return util.versionStringToNumber(packageJson.version) * 1e8 + count * 10 + branchId;
-	} catch (e) {
-		throw new Error('Could not determine build number: ' + e.toString());
-	}
-}
-
-async function main(): Promise<void> {
-	const configPath = await generateVSCodeConfigurationTask();
-
-	if (!configPath) {
-		return;
-	}
-
-	const settingsSearchBuildId = getSettingsSearchBuildId(packageJson);
-
-	if (!settingsSearchBuildId) {
-		throw new Error('Failed to compute build number');
-	}
-
-	const credential = new ClientSecretCredential(process.env['AZURE_TENANT_ID']!, process.env['AZURE_CLIENT_ID']!, process.env['AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET']!);
-
-	return new Promise((c, e) => {
-		vfs.src(configPath)
-			.pipe(azure.upload({
-				account: process.env.AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT,
-				credential,
-				container: 'configuration',
-				prefix: `${settingsSearchBuildId}/${commit}/`
-			}))
-			.on('end', () => c())
-			.on('error', (err: any) => e(err));
-	});
-}
-
-if (require.main === module) {
-	main().catch(err => {
-		console.error(err);
-		process.exit(1);
-	});
-}
diff --git a/build/gulpfile.vscode.js b/build/gulpfile.vscode.js
index b98cf95a80f03..9505e8fe5caf2 100644
--- a/build/gulpfile.vscode.js
+++ b/build/gulpfile.vscode.js
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ const createAsar = require('./lib/asar').createAsar;
 const minimist = require('minimist');
 const { compileBuildTask } = require('./gulpfile.compile');
 const { compileExtensionsBuildTask, compileExtensionMediaBuildTask } = require('./gulpfile.extensions');
-const { getSettingsSearchBuildId, shouldSetupSettingsSearch } = require('./azure-pipelines/upload-configuration');
 const { promisify } = require('util');
 const glob = promisify(require('glob'));
 const rcedit = promisify(require('rcedit'));
@@ -254,10 +253,6 @@ function packageTask(platform, arch, sourceFolderName, destinationFolderName, op
 		const date = new Date().toISOString();
 		const productJsonUpdate = { commit, date, checksums, version };
 
-		if (shouldSetupSettingsSearch()) {
-			productJsonUpdate.settingsSearchBuildId = getSettingsSearchBuildId(packageJson);
-		}
-
 		const productJsonStream = gulp.src(['product.json'], { base: '.' })
 			.pipe(json(productJsonUpdate));