diff --git a/build/gulpfile.vscode.ts b/build/gulpfile.vscode.ts
index 080d97f3..6b1b4032 100644
--- a/build/gulpfile.vscode.ts
+++ b/build/gulpfile.vscode.ts
@@ -620,19 +620,2 @@ function packageTask(platform: string, arch: string, sourceFolderName: string, d
 				.pipe(rename(f => f.dirname = `policies/${f.dirname}`)));
-
-			if (quality === 'stable' || quality === 'insider') {
-				result = es.merge(result, gulp.src('.build/win32/appx/**', { base: '.build/win32' }));
-				const rawVersion = version.replace(/-\w+$/, '').split('.');
-				const appxVersion = `${rawVersion[0]}.0.${rawVersion[1]}.${rawVersion[2]}`;
-				result = es.merge(result, gulp.src('resources/win32/appx/AppxManifest.xml', { base: '.' })
-					.pipe(replace('@@AppxPackageName@@', product.win32AppUserModelId))
-					.pipe(replace('@@AppxPackageVersion@@', appxVersion))
-					.pipe(replace('@@AppxPackageDisplayName@@', product.nameLong))
-					.pipe(replace('@@AppxPackageDescription@@', product.win32NameVersion))
-					.pipe(replace('@@ApplicationIdShort@@', product.win32RegValueName))
-					.pipe(replace('@@ApplicationExe@@', product.nameShort + '.exe'))
-					.pipe(replace('@@FileExplorerContextMenuID@@', quality === 'stable' ? 'OpenWithCode' : 'OpenWithCodeInsiders'))
-					.pipe(replace('@@FileExplorerContextMenuCLSID@@', (product as { win32ContextMenu?: Record<string, { clsid: string }> }).win32ContextMenu![arch].clsid))
-					.pipe(replace('@@FileExplorerContextMenuDLL@@', `${quality === 'stable' ? 'code' : 'code_insider'}_explorer_command_${arch}.dll`))
-					.pipe(rename(f => f.dirname = `appx/manifest`)));
-			}
 		} else if (platform === 'linux') {
diff --git a/build/gulpfile.vscode.win32.ts b/build/gulpfile.vscode.win32.ts
index 7a711276..e6a838e2 100644
--- a/build/gulpfile.vscode.win32.ts
+++ b/build/gulpfile.vscode.win32.ts
@@ -133,8 +133,2 @@ function buildWin32Setup(arch: string, target: string): task.CallbackTask {
 
-		if (quality === 'stable' || quality === 'insider') {
-			definitions['AppxPackage'] = `${quality === 'stable' ? 'code' : 'code_insider'}_${arch}.appx`;
-			definitions['AppxPackageDll'] = `${quality === 'stable' ? 'code' : 'code_insider'}_explorer_command_${arch}.dll`;
-			definitions['AppxPackageName'] = `${product.win32AppUserModelId}`;
-		}
-
 		fs.writeFileSync(productJsonPath, JSON.stringify(productJson, undefined, '\t'));