diff --git a/src/EditorFeatures/Core/InlineRename/InlineRenameSession.cs b/src/EditorFeatures/Core/InlineRename/InlineRenameSession.cs
index 2aea03b590f3f..2dcedb7b91dd0 100644
--- a/src/EditorFeatures/Core/InlineRename/InlineRenameSession.cs
+++ b/src/EditorFeatures/Core/InlineRename/InlineRenameSession.cs
@@ -86,13 +86,6 @@ private set
         /// </summary>
         public InlineRenameFileRenameInfo FileRenameInfo { get; }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Task used to hold a session alive with the OOP server.  This allows us to pin the initial solution snapshot
-        /// over on the oop side, which is valuable for preventing it from constantly being dropped/synced on every
-        /// conflict resolution step.
-        /// </summary>
-        private readonly Task _keepAliveSessionTask;
-
         /// <summary>
         /// The task which computes the main rename locations against the original workspace
         /// snapshot.
@@ -103,7 +96,7 @@ private set
         /// The cancellation token for most work being done by the inline rename session. This
         /// includes the <see cref="_allRenameLocationsTask"/> tasks.
         /// </summary>
-        private readonly CancellationTokenSource _cancellationTokenSource = new();
+        private readonly CancellationTokenSource _cancellationTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
 
         /// <summary>
         /// This task is a continuation of the <see cref="_allRenameLocationsTask"/> that is the result of computing
@@ -186,9 +179,6 @@ public InlineRenameSession(
                 FileRenameInfo = InlineRenameFileRenameInfo.NotAllowed;
             }
 
-            // Open a session to oop, syncing our solution to it and pinning it there.  The connection will close once
-            // _cancellationTokenSource is canceled (which we always do when the session is finally ended).
-            _keepAliveSessionTask = Renamer.CreateRemoteKeepAliveSessionAsync(_baseSolution, _cancellationTokenSource.Token);
             InitializeOpenBuffers(triggerSpan);
         }
 
@@ -314,9 +304,6 @@ private void UpdateReferenceLocationsTask()
 
             _allRenameLocationsTask = _threadingContext.JoinableTaskFactory.RunAsync(async () =>
             {
-                // Ensure that our keep-alive session is up and running.
-                await _keepAliveSessionTask.ConfigureAwait(false);
-
                 // Join prior work before proceeding, since it performs a required state update.
                 // https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/pull/34254#discussion_r267024593
                 if (currentRenameLocationsTask != null)
diff --git a/src/Workspaces/Core/Portable/Rename/IRemoteRenamerService.cs b/src/Workspaces/Core/Portable/Rename/IRemoteRenamerService.cs
index 27c3d4b0ad929..c50e40f9045b4 100644
--- a/src/Workspaces/Core/Portable/Rename/IRemoteRenamerService.cs
+++ b/src/Workspaces/Core/Portable/Rename/IRemoteRenamerService.cs
@@ -29,19 +29,8 @@ internal interface IRemoteRenamerService
         internal interface ICallback // : IRemoteOptionsCallback<CodeCleanupOptions>
         {
             ValueTask<CodeCleanupOptions> GetOptionsAsync(RemoteServiceCallbackId callbackId, string language, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
-            ValueTask KeepAliveAsync(RemoteServiceCallbackId callbackId, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Keeps alive this solution in the OOP process until the cancellation token is triggered.  Used so that we can
-        /// call FindRenameLocationsAsync followed by many calls to ResolveConflictsAsync, knowing that things will stay 
-        /// hydrated and alive on the OOP side.
-        /// </summary>
-        ValueTask KeepAliveAsync(
-            Checksum solutionChecksum,
-            RemoteServiceCallbackId callbackId,
-            CancellationToken cancellationToken);
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Runs the entire rename operation OOP and returns the final result. More efficient (due to less back and
         /// forth marshaling) when the intermediary results of rename are not needed. To get the individual parts of
@@ -84,12 +73,6 @@ public RemoteRenamerServiceCallbackDispatcher()
 
         public ValueTask<CodeCleanupOptions> GetOptionsAsync(RemoteServiceCallbackId callbackId, string language, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
             => ((RemoteOptionsProvider<CodeCleanupOptions>)GetCallback(callbackId)).GetOptionsAsync(language, cancellationToken);
-
-        public ValueTask KeepAliveAsync(RemoteServiceCallbackId callbackId, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-        {
-            ((TaskCompletionSource<bool>)GetCallback(callbackId)).TrySetResult(true);
-            return default;
-        }
     }
 
     [DataContract]
@@ -204,6 +187,8 @@ internal sealed class SerializableRenameLocations
         [DataMember(Order = 0)]
         public readonly SymbolRenameOptions Options;
 
+        // We use arrays so we can represent default immutable arrays.
+
         [DataMember(Order = 1)]
         public readonly ImmutableArray<SerializableRenameLocation> Locations;
 
diff --git a/src/Workspaces/Core/Portable/Rename/Renamer.cs b/src/Workspaces/Core/Portable/Rename/Renamer.cs
index f7b68041007bb..a9cd0323b4102 100644
--- a/src/Workspaces/Core/Portable/Rename/Renamer.cs
+++ b/src/Workspaces/Core/Portable/Rename/Renamer.cs
@@ -219,37 +219,5 @@ private static async Task<ConflictResolution> RenameSymbolInCurrentProcessAsync(
             var renameLocations = await SymbolicRenameLocations.FindLocationsInCurrentProcessAsync(symbol, solution, options, cleanupOptions, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
             return await ConflictResolver.ResolveSymbolicLocationConflictsInCurrentProcessAsync(renameLocations, newName, nonConflictSymbolKeys, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Creates a session between the host and OOP, effectively pinning this <paramref name="solution"/> until the
-        /// supplied <paramref name="cancellationToken"/> is canceled..  By pinning the solution we ensure that all
-        /// calls to OOP for the same solution during the life of this rename session do not need to resync the
-        /// solution.  Nor do they then need to rebuild any compilations they've already built due to the solution going
-        /// away and then coming back.
-        /// </summary>
-        internal static async Task CreateRemoteKeepAliveSessionAsync(
-            Solution solution,
-            CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-        {
-            var client = await RemoteHostClient.TryGetClientAsync(solution.Services, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            if (client != null)
-            {
-                var taskCompletionSource = new TaskCompletionSource<bool>();
-                // make sure we transition to canceled if the caller cancels this work.  This way even if OOP doesn't
-                // call back to complete us, we won't hang anyone awaiting on us.
-                cancellationToken.Register(static s => ((TaskCompletionSource<bool>)s!).TrySetResult(true), taskCompletionSource);
-
-                // Kick off the keep alive task.  Once it has pinned the solution it will call back into the taskCompletionSource
-                // to mark it as completed so that things can proceed. It will terminate when the provided
-                // cancellation token is actually canceled.
-                var unused = client.TryInvokeAsync<IRemoteRenamerService>(
-                    solution,
-                    (service, solutionInfo, callbackId, cancellationToken) => service.KeepAliveAsync(solutionInfo, callbackId, cancellationToken),
-                    callbackTarget: taskCompletionSource,
-                    cancellationToken).AsTask();
-
-                await taskCompletionSource.Task.ConfigureAwait(false);
-            }
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Workspaces/Remote/ServiceHub/Services/Renamer/RemoteRenamerService.cs b/src/Workspaces/Remote/ServiceHub/Services/Renamer/RemoteRenamerService.cs
index aa730e6e808b6..dc1331914f734 100644
--- a/src/Workspaces/Remote/ServiceHub/Services/Renamer/RemoteRenamerService.cs
+++ b/src/Workspaces/Remote/ServiceHub/Services/Renamer/RemoteRenamerService.cs
@@ -2,14 +2,18 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
-using System;
 using System.Collections.Immutable;
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.AddImport;
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CodeCleanup;
-using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Elfie.Diagnostics;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Formatting;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Host;
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Rename;
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Rename.ConflictEngine;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Simplification;
+using Roslyn.Utilities;
 
 namespace Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Remote
 {
@@ -34,27 +38,6 @@ private CodeCleanupOptionsProvider GetClientOptionsProvider(RemoteServiceCallbac
             => new ClientCodeCleanupOptionsProvider(
                 (callbackId, language, cancellationToken) => _callback.InvokeAsync((callback, cancellationToken) => callback.GetOptionsAsync(callbackId, language, cancellationToken), cancellationToken), callbackId);
 
-        public ValueTask KeepAliveAsync(
-            Checksum solutionChecksum,
-            RemoteServiceCallbackId callbackId,
-            CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-        {
-            // First get the solution, ensuring that it is currently pinned.
-            return RunServiceAsync(solutionChecksum, async solution =>
-            {
-                // Once we have it, let our caller know so that it can proceed to it's next steps.
-                await _callback.InvokeAsync((callback, cancellationToken) =>
-                    callback.KeepAliveAsync(callbackId, cancellationToken), cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-                // Finally wait for our caller to tell us to cancel.  That way we can release this solution and allow it
-                // to be collected if not needed anymore.
-                var taskCompletionSource = new TaskCompletionSource<bool>();
-                cancellationToken.Register(() => taskCompletionSource.TrySetCanceled(cancellationToken));
-
-                await taskCompletionSource.Task.ConfigureAwait(false);
-            }, cancellationToken);
-        }
-
         public ValueTask<SerializableConflictResolution?> RenameSymbolAsync(
             Checksum solutionChecksum,
             RemoteServiceCallbackId callbackId,