diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostLanguageModels.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostLanguageModels.ts
index c7b9c7f597bb5..a97ec1648ba42 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostLanguageModels.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostLanguageModels.ts
@@ -263,7 +263,6 @@ export class ExtHostLanguageModels implements ExtHostLanguageModelsShape {
 					version: data.metadata.version,
 					name: data.metadata.name,
 					maxInputTokens: data.metadata.maxInputTokens,
-					maxOutputTokens: data.metadata.maxOutputTokens,
 					countTokens(text, token) {
 						if (!that._allLanguageModelData.has(identifier)) {
 							throw extHostTypes.LanguageModelError.NotFound(identifier);
diff --git a/src/vscode-dts/vscode.proposed.languageModels.d.ts b/src/vscode-dts/vscode.proposed.languageModels.d.ts
index 68d2b2f470547..f2614f8709e56 100644
--- a/src/vscode-dts/vscode.proposed.languageModels.d.ts
+++ b/src/vscode-dts/vscode.proposed.languageModels.d.ts
@@ -144,12 +144,6 @@ declare module 'vscode' {
 		 */
 		readonly maxInputTokens: number;
 
-		/**
-		 * The maximum number of tokens that a model can generate in a single response.
-		 */
-		// TODO@API leave it out for now
-		readonly maxOutputTokens: number;
-
 		/**
 		 * Make a chat request using a language model.
 		 *