diff --git a/vscode-extensions/vscode-boot-java/lib/Main.ts b/vscode-extensions/vscode-boot-java/lib/Main.ts
index 8704ca531..eb199cf1c 100644
--- a/vscode-extensions/vscode-boot-java/lib/Main.ts
+++ b/vscode-extensions/vscode-boot-java/lib/Main.ts
@@ -1,48 +1,11 @@
 'use strict';
 
-import * as net from 'net';
-
 import * as VSCode from 'vscode';
-import * as Path from 'path';
-import * as FS from 'fs';
-import * as Net from 'net';
-import * as ChildProcess from 'child_process';
-import { LanguageClient, LanguageClientOptions, SettingMonitor, ServerOptions, StreamInfo } from 'vscode-languageclient';
-import { workspace, TextDocument } from 'vscode';
-import { Trace } from 'vscode-jsonrpc';
-
-import * as commons from 'commons-vscode';
-import { connect } from 'tls';
 
+/** Called when extension is activated */
 export function activate(context: VSCode.ExtensionContext) {
-    let options: commons.ActivatorOptions = {
-        DEBUG: false,
-        CONNECT_TO_LS: false,
-        extensionId: 'boot-java',
-        preferJdk: true,
-        launcher: (context: VSCode.ExtensionContext) => 'org.springframework.boot.loader.JarLauncher',
-        classpath: (context: VSCode.ExtensionContext, jvm: commons.JVM) => {
-            const classpath = [
-                Path.resolve(context.extensionPath, 'jars/language-server.jar')
-            ];
-            if (!jvm.isJdk()) {
-                VSCode.window.showWarningMessage('JAVA_HOME or PATH environment variable seems to point to a JRE. A JDK is required, hence Boot Hints are unavailable.');
-            }
-            const toolsJar = jvm.getToolsJar();
-            if (toolsJar) {
-                classpath.unshift(toolsJar);
-            }
-            return classpath;
-        },
-        clientOptions: {
-            documentSelector: ['java'],
-            synchronize: {
-                configurationSection: 'boot-java'
-            },
-            initializationOptions: {
-                workspaceFolders: workspace.workspaceFolders ? workspace.workspaceFolders.map(f => f.uri.toString()) : null
-            },
-        }
-    };
-    commons.activate(options, context);
+    VSCode.window.showInformationMessage(
+        "The `vscode-boot-java` extension is obsolete and no longer functional. "+
+        "Please uninstall it and install the `vscode-spring-boot` extension instead."
+    );
 }
diff --git a/vscode-extensions/vscode-boot-java/package.json b/vscode-extensions/vscode-boot-java/package.json
index 16c4520f3..313a3a459 100644
--- a/vscode-extensions/vscode-boot-java/package.json
+++ b/vscode-extensions/vscode-boot-java/package.json
@@ -25,31 +25,16 @@
   "activationEvents": [
     "onLanguage:java"
   ],
-  "contributes": {
-    "configuration": {
-      "type": "object",
-      "title": "Boot-Java Configuration",
-      "properties": {
-        "boot-java.boot-hints.on": {
-          "type": "boolean",
-          "default": true,
-          "description": "Enable/Disable Spring running Boot application live hints decorators in the source code"
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  },
   "main": "./out/lib/Main",
   "scripts": {
     "vscode:prepublish": "npm run compile",
     "compile": "tsc -p ./",
     "watch": "tsc -watch -p ./",
     "clean": "rm -fr node_modules out *.vsix package-lock.json",
-    "preinstall": "./scripts/preinstall.sh",
     "postinstall": "node ./node_modules/vscode/bin/install",
     "vsce-package": "vsce package"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "commons-vscode": "file:../commons-vscode/commons-vscode-0.1.4.tgz",
     "vscode-languageclient": "^3.4.5"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/vscode-extensions/vscode-boot-java/scripts/preinstall.sh b/vscode-extensions/vscode-boot-java/scripts/preinstall.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 63f3a81ca..000000000
--- a/vscode-extensions/vscode-boot-java/scripts/preinstall.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-
-workdir=`pwd`
-
-# Preinstall commons-vscode package
-(cd ../commons-vscode ; npm install ; npm pack)
-npm install ../commons-vscode/commons-vscode-*.tgz
-
-# Use maven to build fat jar of the language server
-cd ../../headless-services/boot-java-language-server
-./build.sh
-
-mkdir -p ${workdir}/jars
-cp target/*.jar ${workdir}/jars/language-server.jar
-
diff --git a/vscode-extensions/vscode-boot-properties/lib/Main.ts b/vscode-extensions/vscode-boot-properties/lib/Main.ts
index 179951189..8d4bc420d 100644
--- a/vscode-extensions/vscode-boot-properties/lib/Main.ts
+++ b/vscode-extensions/vscode-boot-properties/lib/Main.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
-// The module 'vscode' contains the VS Code extensibility API
-// Import the module and reference it with the alias vscode in your code below
 
 import * as VSCode from 'vscode';
 
-const PROPERTIES_LANGUAGE_ID = "spring-boot-properties";
-const YAML_LANGUAGE_ID = "spring-boot-properties-yaml";
-
 /** Called when extension is activated */
 export function activate(context: VSCode.ExtensionContext) {
     VSCode.window.showInformationMessage(