diff --git a/src/vs/platform/telemetry/common/serverTelemetryService.ts b/src/vs/platform/telemetry/common/serverTelemetryService.ts
index f6fc225a..8839ecf7 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/telemetry/common/serverTelemetryService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/telemetry/common/serverTelemetryService.ts
@@ -31,25 +31,29 @@ export class ServerTelemetryService extends TelemetryService implements IServerT
 	}
 
 	override publicLog(eventName: string, data?: ITelemetryData) {
-		if (this._injectedTelemetryLevel < TelemetryLevel.USAGE) {
-			return;
-		}
-		return super.publicLog(eventName, data);
+		// Void commented this out
+		// if (this._injectedTelemetryLevel < TelemetryLevel.USAGE) {
+		// 	return;
+		// }
+		// return super.publicLog(eventName, data);
 	}
 
 	override publicLog2<E extends ClassifiedEvent<OmitMetadata<T>> = never, T extends IGDPRProperty = never>(eventName: string, data?: StrictPropertyCheck<T, E>) {
-		return this.publicLog(eventName, data as ITelemetryData | undefined);
+		// Void commented this out
+		// return this.publicLog(eventName, data as ITelemetryData | undefined);
 	}
 
 	override publicLogError(errorEventName: string, data?: ITelemetryData) {
-		if (this._injectedTelemetryLevel < TelemetryLevel.ERROR) {
-			return Promise.resolve(undefined);
-		}
-		return super.publicLogError(errorEventName, data);
+		// Void commented this out
+		// if (this._injectedTelemetryLevel < TelemetryLevel.ERROR) {
+		// 	return Promise.resolve(undefined);
+		// }
+		// return super.publicLogError(errorEventName, data);
 	}
 
 	override publicLogError2<E extends ClassifiedEvent<OmitMetadata<T>> = never, T extends IGDPRProperty = never>(eventName: string, data?: StrictPropertyCheck<T, E>) {
-		return this.publicLogError(eventName, data as ITelemetryData | undefined);
+		// Void commented this out
+		// return this.publicLogError(eventName, data as ITelemetryData | undefined);
 	}
 
 	async updateInjectedTelemetryLevel(telemetryLevel: TelemetryLevel): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetryService.ts b/src/vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetryService.ts
index 51fbb8fa..c3e05eb2 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetryService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetryService.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 import { DisposableStore } from '../../../base/common/lifecycle.js';
-import { mixin } from '../../../base/common/objects.js';
 import { isWeb } from '../../../base/common/platform.js';
 import { escapeRegExpCharacters } from '../../../base/common/strings.js';
 import { localize } from '../../../nls.js';
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ import { IProductService } from '../../product/common/productService.js';
 import { Registry } from '../../registry/common/platform.js';
 import { ClassifiedEvent, IGDPRProperty, OmitMetadata, StrictPropertyCheck } from './gdprTypings.js';
 import { ITelemetryData, ITelemetryService, TelemetryConfiguration, TelemetryLevel, TELEMETRY_CRASH_REPORTER_SETTING_ID, TELEMETRY_OLD_SETTING_ID, TELEMETRY_SECTION_ID, TELEMETRY_SETTING_ID, ICommonProperties } from './telemetry.js';
-import { cleanData, getTelemetryLevel, ITelemetryAppender } from './telemetryUtils.js';
+import { getTelemetryLevel, ITelemetryAppender } from './telemetryUtils.js';
 
 export interface ITelemetryServiceConfig {
 	appenders: ITelemetryAppender[];
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ export class TelemetryService implements ITelemetryService {
 	readonly firstSessionDate: string;
 	readonly msftInternal: boolean | undefined;
 
-	private _appenders: ITelemetryAppender[];
+	// private _appenders: ITelemetryAppender[];
 	private _commonProperties: ICommonProperties;
 	private _experimentProperties: { [name: string]: string } = {};
 	private _piiPaths: string[];
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ export class TelemetryService implements ITelemetryService {
 		@IConfigurationService private _configurationService: IConfigurationService,
 		@IProductService private _productService: IProductService
 	) {
-		this._appenders = config.appenders;
+		// this._appenders = config.appenders;
 		this._commonProperties = config.commonProperties ?? Object.create(null);
 
 		this.sessionId = this._commonProperties['sessionID'] as string;
@@ -121,44 +120,47 @@ export class TelemetryService implements ITelemetryService {
 		this._disposables.dispose();
 	}
 
-	private _log(eventName: string, eventLevel: TelemetryLevel, data?: ITelemetryData) {
-		// don't send events when the user is optout
-		if (this._telemetryLevel < eventLevel) {
-			return;
-		}
+	// Void commented this out
+	// private _log(eventName: string, eventLevel: TelemetryLevel, data?: ITelemetryData) {
+	// 	// don't send events when the user is optout
+	// 	if (this._telemetryLevel < eventLevel) {
+	// 		return;
+	// 	}
 
-		// add experiment properties
-		data = mixin(data, this._experimentProperties);
+	// 	// add experiment properties
+	// 	data = mixin(data, this._experimentProperties);
 
-		// remove all PII from data
-		data = cleanData(data as Record<string, any>, this._cleanupPatterns);
+	// 	// remove all PII from data
+	// 	data = cleanData(data as Record<string, any>, this._cleanupPatterns);
 
-		// add common properties
-		data = mixin(data, this._commonProperties);
+	// 	// add common properties
+	// 	data = mixin(data, this._commonProperties);
 
-		// Log to the appenders of sufficient level
-		this._appenders.forEach(a => a.log(eventName, data));
-	}
+	// 	// Log to the appenders of sufficient level
+	// 	this._appenders.forEach(a => a.log(eventName, data));
+	// }
 
 	publicLog(eventName: string, data?: ITelemetryData) {
-		this._log(eventName, TelemetryLevel.USAGE, data);
+		// this._log(eventName, TelemetryLevel.USAGE, data);
 	}
 
 	publicLog2<E extends ClassifiedEvent<OmitMetadata<T>> = never, T extends IGDPRProperty = never>(eventName: string, data?: StrictPropertyCheck<T, E>) {
-		this.publicLog(eventName, data as ITelemetryData);
+		// this.publicLog(eventName, data as ITelemetryData);
 	}
 
 	publicLogError(errorEventName: string, data?: ITelemetryData) {
-		if (!this._sendErrorTelemetry) {
-			return;
-		}
+		// Void commented this out
+		// if (!this._sendErrorTelemetry) {
+		// 	return;
+		// }
 
-		// Send error event and anonymize paths
-		this._log(errorEventName, TelemetryLevel.ERROR, data);
+		// // Send error event and anonymize paths
+		// this._log(errorEventName, TelemetryLevel.ERROR, data);
 	}
 
 	publicLogError2<E extends ClassifiedEvent<OmitMetadata<T>> = never, T extends IGDPRProperty = never>(eventName: string, data?: StrictPropertyCheck<T, E>) {
-		this.publicLogError(eventName, data as ITelemetryData);
+		// Void commented this out
+		// this.publicLogError(eventName, data as ITelemetryData);
 	}
 }