diff --git a/src/client/activation/node/languageServerProxy.ts b/src/client/activation/node/languageServerProxy.ts
index 40a53f002c52..610cc58b2001 100644
--- a/src/client/activation/node/languageServerProxy.ts
+++ b/src/client/activation/node/languageServerProxy.ts
@@ -126,7 +126,12 @@ export class NodeLanguageServerProxy implements ILanguageServerProxy {
                         // Replace all slashes in the method name so it doesn't get scrubbed by vscode-extension-telemetry.
                         method: telemetryEvent.Properties.method?.replace(/\//g, '.')
                     };
-                    sendTelemetryEvent(eventName, telemetryEvent.Measurements, formattedProperties);
+                    sendTelemetryEvent(
+                        eventName,
+                        telemetryEvent.Measurements,
+                        formattedProperties,
+                        telemetryEvent.Exception
+                    );
                 });
             }
             await this.registerTestServices();
diff --git a/src/client/telemetry/index.ts b/src/client/telemetry/index.ts
index 434b929f59c6..9c71a5ec6fbc 100644
--- a/src/client/telemetry/index.ts
+++ b/src/client/telemetry/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
 import type { JSONObject } from '@phosphor/coreutils';
-import * as stackTrace from 'stack-trace';
 // tslint:disable-next-line: import-name
 import TelemetryReporter from 'vscode-extension-telemetry/lib/telemetryReporter';
 
@@ -118,7 +117,7 @@ export function sendTelemetryEvent<P extends IEventNamePropertyMapping, E extend
     const reporter = getTelemetryReporter();
     const measures = typeof durationMs === 'number' ? { duration: durationMs } : durationMs ? durationMs : undefined;
     let customProperties: Record<string, string> = {};
-    let eventNameSent = eventName as string;
+    const eventNameSent = eventName as string;
 
     if (ex) {
         // When sending telemetry events for exceptions no need to send custom properties.
@@ -126,9 +125,8 @@ export function sendTelemetryEvent<P extends IEventNamePropertyMapping, E extend
         // Assume we have 10 events all with their own properties.
         // As we have errors for each event, those properties are treated as new data items.
         // Hence they need to be classified as part of the GDPR process, and thats unnecessary and onerous.
-        eventNameSent = 'ERROR';
-        customProperties = { originalEventName: eventName as string, stackTrace: serializeStackTrace(ex) };
-        reporter.sendTelemetryErrorEvent(eventNameSent, customProperties, measures, []);
+        customProperties = { originalEventName: eventName as string };
+        reporter.sendTelemetryException(ex, customProperties, measures);
     } else {
         if (properties) {
             const data = properties as any;
@@ -290,40 +288,6 @@ export function sendTelemetryWhenDone<P extends IEventNamePropertyMapping, E ext
     }
 }
 
-function serializeStackTrace(ex: Error): string {
-    // We aren't showing the error message (ex.message) since it might contain PII.
-    let trace = '';
-    for (const frame of stackTrace.parse(ex)) {
-        const filename = frame.getFileName();
-        if (filename) {
-            const lineno = frame.getLineNumber();
-            const colno = frame.getColumnNumber();
-            trace += `\n\tat ${getCallsite(frame)} ${filename}:${lineno}:${colno}`;
-        } else {
-            trace += '\n\tat <anonymous>';
-        }
-    }
-    // Ensure we always use `/` as path separators.
-    // This way stack traces (with relative paths) coming from different OS will always look the same.
-    return trace.trim().replace(/\\/g, '/');
-}
-
-function getCallsite(frame: stackTrace.StackFrame) {
-    const parts: string[] = [];
-    if (typeof frame.getTypeName() === 'string' && frame.getTypeName().length > 0) {
-        parts.push(frame.getTypeName());
-    }
-    if (typeof frame.getMethodName() === 'string' && frame.getMethodName().length > 0) {
-        parts.push(frame.getMethodName());
-    }
-    if (typeof frame.getFunctionName() === 'string' && frame.getFunctionName().length > 0) {
-        if (parts.length !== 2 || parts.join('.') !== frame.getFunctionName()) {
-            parts.push(frame.getFunctionName());
-        }
-    }
-    return parts.join('.');
-}
-
 /**
  * Map all shared properties to their data types.
  */
diff --git a/src/test/telemetry/index.unit.test.ts b/src/test/telemetry/index.unit.test.ts
index 13c8487fb5b7..63bb5e9fef1b 100644
--- a/src/test/telemetry/index.unit.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/telemetry/index.unit.test.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import { instance, mock, verify, when } from 'ts-mockito';
 import { WorkspaceConfiguration } from 'vscode';
 import { IWorkspaceService } from '../../client/common/application/types';
 import { WorkspaceService } from '../../client/common/application/workspace';
-import { EXTENSION_ROOT_DIR } from '../../client/constants';
 import {
     _resetSharedProperties,
     clearTelemetryReporter,
@@ -30,6 +29,8 @@ suite('Telemetry', () => {
         public static properties: Record<string, string>[] = [];
         public static measures: {}[] = [];
         public static errorProps: string[] | undefined;
+        public static exception: Error | undefined;
+
         public static clear() {
             Reporter.eventName = [];
             Reporter.properties = [];
@@ -45,6 +46,10 @@ suite('Telemetry', () => {
             this.sendTelemetryEvent(eventName, properties, measures);
             Reporter.errorProps = errorProps;
         }
+        public sendTelemetryException(error: Error, properties?: {}, measures?: {}): void {
+            this.sendTelemetryEvent('Exception', properties, measures);
+            Reporter.exception = error;
+        }
     }
 
     setup(() => {
@@ -155,95 +160,22 @@ suite('Telemetry', () => {
         expect(Reporter.measures).to.deep.equal([measures]);
         expect(Reporter.properties).to.deep.equal([expectedProperties]);
     });
-    test('Send Error Telemetry', () => {
-        rewiremock.enable();
-        const error = new Error('Boo');
-        rewiremock('vscode-extension-telemetry').with({ default: Reporter });
-
-        const eventName = 'Testing';
-        const properties = { hello: 'world', foo: 'bar' };
-        const measures = { start: 123, end: 987 };
-
-        // tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
-        sendTelemetryEvent(eventName as any, measures, properties as any, error);
-
-        const expectedErrorProperties = {
-            originalEventName: eventName
-        };
-
-        expect(Reporter.eventName).to.deep.equal(['ERROR']);
-        expect(Reporter.measures).to.deep.equal([measures]);
-        expect(Reporter.properties[0].stackTrace).to.be.length.greaterThan(1);
-        delete Reporter.properties[0].stackTrace;
-        expect(Reporter.properties).to.deep.equal([expectedErrorProperties]);
-        expect(Reporter.errorProps).to.deep.equal([]);
-    });
-    test('Send Error Telemetry with stack trace', () => {
+    test('Send Exception Telemetry', () => {
         rewiremock.enable();
         const error = new Error('Boo');
-        const root = EXTENSION_ROOT_DIR.replace(/\\/g, '/');
-        error.stack = [
-            'Error: Boo',
-            `at Context.test (${root}/src/test/telemetry/index.unit.test.ts:50:23)`,
-            `at callFn (${root}/node_modules/mocha/lib/runnable.js:372:21)`,
-            `at Test.Runnable.run (${root}/node_modules/mocha/lib/runnable.js:364:7)`,
-            `at Runner.runTest (${root}/node_modules/mocha/lib/runner.js:455:10)`,
-            `at ${root}/node_modules/mocha/lib/runner.js:573:12`,
-            `at next (${root}/node_modules/mocha/lib/runner.js:369:14)`,
-            `at ${root}/node_modules/mocha/lib/runner.js:379:7`,
-            `at next (${root}/node_modules/mocha/lib/runner.js:303:14)`,
-            `at ${root}/node_modules/mocha/lib/runner.js:342:7`,
-            `at done (${root}/node_modules/mocha/lib/runnable.js:319:5)`,
-            `at callFn (${root}/node_modules/mocha/lib/runnable.js:395:7)`,
-            `at Hook.Runnable.run (${root}/node_modules/mocha/lib/runnable.js:364:7)`,
-            `at next (${root}/node_modules/mocha/lib/runner.js:317:10)`,
-            `at Immediate.<anonymous> (${root}/node_modules/mocha/lib/runner.js:347:5)`,
-            'at runCallback (timers.js:789:20)',
-            'at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:751:5)',
-            'at processImmediate [as _immediateCallback] (timers.js:722:5)'
-        ].join('\n\t');
         rewiremock('vscode-extension-telemetry').with({ default: Reporter });
 
         const eventName = 'Testing';
         const properties = { hello: 'world', foo: 'bar' };
-        const measures = { start: 123, end: 987 };
 
         // tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
-        sendTelemetryEvent(eventName as any, measures, properties as any, error);
+        sendTelemetryEvent(eventName as any, {}, properties as any, error);
 
         const expectedErrorProperties = {
             originalEventName: eventName
         };
 
-        const stackTrace = Reporter.properties[0].stackTrace;
-        delete Reporter.properties[0].stackTrace;
-
-        expect(Reporter.eventName).to.deep.equal(['ERROR']);
-        expect(Reporter.measures).to.deep.equal([measures]);
         expect(Reporter.properties).to.deep.equal([expectedErrorProperties]);
-        expect(stackTrace).to.be.length.greaterThan(1);
-        expect(Reporter.errorProps).to.deep.equal([]);
-
-        const expectedStack = [
-            `at Context.test ${root}/src/test/telemetry/index.unit.test.ts:50:23`,
-            `at callFn ${root}/node_modules/mocha/lib/runnable.js:372:21`,
-            `at Test.Runnable.run ${root}/node_modules/mocha/lib/runnable.js:364:7`,
-            `at Runner.runTest ${root}/node_modules/mocha/lib/runner.js:455:10`,
-            `at  ${root}/node_modules/mocha/lib/runner.js:573:12`,
-            `at next ${root}/node_modules/mocha/lib/runner.js:369:14`,
-            `at  ${root}/node_modules/mocha/lib/runner.js:379:7`,
-            `at next ${root}/node_modules/mocha/lib/runner.js:303:14`,
-            `at  ${root}/node_modules/mocha/lib/runner.js:342:7`,
-            `at done ${root}/node_modules/mocha/lib/runnable.js:319:5`,
-            `at callFn ${root}/node_modules/mocha/lib/runnable.js:395:7`,
-            `at Hook.Runnable.run ${root}/node_modules/mocha/lib/runnable.js:364:7`,
-            `at next ${root}/node_modules/mocha/lib/runner.js:317:10`,
-            `at Immediate ${root}/node_modules/mocha/lib/runner.js:347:5`,
-            'at runCallback timers.js:789:20',
-            'at tryOnImmediate timers.js:751:5',
-            'at processImmediate [as _immediateCallback] timers.js:722:5'
-        ].join('\n\t');
-
-        expect(stackTrace).to.be.equal(expectedStack);
+        expect(Reporter.exception).to.deep.equal(error);
     });
 });