diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-main/main.ts b/src/vs/code/electron-main/main.ts
index 0824056344acd..eba79c0656b08 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-main/main.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-main/main.ts
@@ -481,8 +481,7 @@ class CodeMain {
 				args.waitMarkerFilePath = waitMarkerFilePath;
 			}
 		}
-		addArg(process.argv, '--autoplay-policy', 'no-user-gesture-required');
-		args['autoplay-policy'] = 'no-user-gesture-required';
+
 		return args;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/environment/common/argv.ts b/src/vs/platform/environment/common/argv.ts
index 1de244c04ed75..3fd7438bad480 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/environment/common/argv.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/environment/common/argv.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ export interface NativeParsedArgs {
 	'prof-duration-markers-file'?: string;
 	'prof-v8-extensions'?: boolean;
 	'no-cached-data'?: boolean;
-	'autoplay-policy'?: string;
 	verbose?: boolean;
 	trace?: boolean;
 	'trace-category-filter'?: string;
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/environment/common/environment.ts b/src/vs/platform/environment/common/environment.ts
index c0d0ede082de5..dbec787f07737 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/environment/common/environment.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/environment/common/environment.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ export interface IEnvironmentService {
 
 	// --- continue edit session
 	continueOn?: string;
-	autoplayPolicy?: string;
 	editSessionId?: string;
 
 	// --- extension development
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/environment/common/environmentService.ts b/src/vs/platform/environment/common/environmentService.ts
index 9867e4392a946..7f2e8e93b3ed2 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/environment/common/environmentService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/environment/common/environmentService.ts
@@ -259,10 +259,6 @@ export abstract class AbstractNativeEnvironmentService implements INativeEnviron
 		this.args['continueOn'] = value;
 	}
 
-	get autoplayPolicy(): string | undefined {
-		return this._args['autoplay-policy'];
-	}
-
 	get args(): NativeParsedArgs { return this._args; }
 
 	constructor(
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/environment/node/argv.ts b/src/vs/platform/environment/node/argv.ts
index 6e69f0448b1b5..8f94ff9c6c4be 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/environment/node/argv.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/environment/node/argv.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ export const OPTIONS: OptionDescriptions<Required<NativeParsedArgs>> = {
 			}
 		}
 	},
+
 	'diff': { type: 'boolean', cat: 'o', alias: 'd', args: ['file', 'file'], description: localize('diff', "Compare two files with each other.") },
 	'merge': { type: 'boolean', cat: 'o', alias: 'm', args: ['path1', 'path2', 'base', 'result'], description: localize('merge', "Perform a three-way merge by providing paths for two modified versions of a file, the common origin of both modified versions and the output file to save merge results.") },
 	'add': { type: 'boolean', cat: 'o', alias: 'a', args: 'folder', description: localize('add', "Add folder(s) to the last active window.") },
@@ -189,7 +190,6 @@ export const OPTIONS: OptionDescriptions<Required<NativeParsedArgs>> = {
 	'_urls': { type: 'string[]' },
 	'disable-dev-shm-usage': { type: 'boolean' },
 	'profile-temp': { type: 'boolean' },
-	'autoplay-policy': { type: 'string' },
 
 	_: { type: 'string[]' } // main arguments
 };
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/windows/electron-main/windowImpl.ts b/src/vs/platform/windows/electron-main/windowImpl.ts
index 98a88dd6454dd..82fcef5e7db99 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/windows/electron-main/windowImpl.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/windows/electron-main/windowImpl.ts
@@ -1085,7 +1085,6 @@ export class CodeWindow extends Disposable implements ICodeWindow {
 		configuration.isInitialStartup = false; // since this is a reload
 		configuration.policiesData = this.policyService.serialize(); // set policies data again
 		configuration.continueOn = this.environmentMainService.continueOn;
-		configuration['autoplay-policy'] = this.environmentMainService.autoplayPolicy;
 		configuration.profiles = {
 			all: this.userDataProfilesService.profiles,
 			profile: this.profile || this.userDataProfilesService.defaultProfile,