diff --git a/src/api.proposed.kernelApi.d.ts b/src/api.proposed.kernelApi.d.ts
index 62f9f4a21d1..9741d4fbe6c 100644
--- a/src/api.proposed.kernelApi.d.ts
+++ b/src/api.proposed.kernelApi.d.ts
@@ -4,12 +4,7 @@
 import type { Event, Uri } from 'vscode';
 
 declare module './api' {
-    export interface Kernel {
-        status: 'unknown' | 'starting' | 'idle' | 'busy' | 'terminating' | 'restarting' | 'autorestarting' | 'dead';
-        onDidChangeStatus: Event<
-            'unknown' | 'starting' | 'idle' | 'busy' | 'terminating' | 'restarting' | 'autorestarting' | 'dead'
-        >;
-    }
+    export interface Kernel {}
     export interface Kernels {
         /**
          * Finds a kernel for a given resource.
diff --git a/src/kernels/api/api.vscode.common.test.ts b/src/kernels/api/api.vscode.common.test.ts
index 1b9716f3fe1..048bd984151 100644
--- a/src/kernels/api/api.vscode.common.test.ts
+++ b/src/kernels/api/api.vscode.common.test.ts
@@ -5,15 +5,7 @@ import { assert } from 'chai';
 import { CancellationTokenSource, NotebookCellOutputItem, NotebookDocument } from 'vscode';
 import { traceInfo } from '../../platform/logging';
 import { IDisposable } from '../../platform/common/types';
-import {
-    captureScreenShot,
-    createEventHandler,
-    initialize,
-    startJupyterServer,
-    suiteMandatory,
-    testMandatory,
-    waitForCondition
-} from '../../test/common';
+import { captureScreenShot, initialize, startJupyterServer, suiteMandatory, testMandatory } from '../../test/common';
 import {
     closeNotebooksAndCleanUpAfterTests,
     createEmptyPythonNotebook,
@@ -94,7 +86,7 @@ suiteMandatory('Kernel API Tests @python', function () {
         if (!kernel) {
             throw new Error('Kernel not found');
         }
-        const statusChange = createEventHandler(kernel, 'onDidChangeStatus', disposables);
+        // const statusChange = createEventHandler(kernel, 'onDidChangeStatus', disposables);
 
         // Verify we can execute code using the kernel.
         traceInfo(`Execute code silently`);
@@ -102,15 +94,15 @@ suiteMandatory('Kernel API Tests @python', function () {
         const token = new CancellationTokenSource();
         await waitForOutput(kernel.executeCode('print(1234)', token.token), '1234', expectedMime);
         traceInfo(`Execute code silently completed`);
-        // Wait for kernel to be idle.
-        await waitForCondition(
-            () => kernel.status === 'idle',
-            5_000,
-            `Kernel did not become idle, current status is ${kernel.status}`
-        );
+        // // Wait for kernel to be idle.
+        // await waitForCondition(
+        //     () => kernel.status === 'idle',
+        //     5_000,
+        //     `Kernel did not become idle, current status is ${kernel.status}`
+        // );
 
-        // Verify state transition.
-        assert.deepEqual(Array.from(new Set(statusChange.all)), ['busy', 'idle'], 'States are incorrect');
+        // // Verify state transition.
+        // assert.deepEqual(Array.from(new Set(statusChange.all)), ['busy', 'idle'], 'States are incorrect');
 
         // Verify we can execute code using the kernel in parallel.
         await Promise.all([
@@ -119,12 +111,12 @@ suiteMandatory('Kernel API Tests @python', function () {
             waitForOutput(kernel.executeCode('print(3)', token.token), '3', expectedMime)
         ]);
 
-        // Wait for kernel to be idle.
-        await waitForCondition(
-            () => kernel.status === 'idle',
-            5_000,
-            `Kernel did not become idle, current status is ${kernel.status}`
-        );
+        // // Wait for kernel to be idle.
+        // await waitForCondition(
+        //     () => kernel.status === 'idle',
+        //     5_000,
+        //     `Kernel did not become idle, current status is ${kernel.status}`
+        // );
     });
 
     async function waitForOutput(executionResult: ExecutionResult, expectedOutput: string, expectedMimetype: string) {
diff --git a/src/kernels/api/kernel.ts b/src/kernels/api/kernel.ts
index b2b40e7d0a4..ffc5e410257 100644
--- a/src/kernels/api/kernel.ts
+++ b/src/kernels/api/kernel.ts
@@ -100,13 +100,13 @@ class KernelExecutionProgressIndicator {
  */
 class WrappedKernelPerExtension implements Kernel {
     get status(): 'unknown' | 'starting' | 'idle' | 'busy' | 'terminating' | 'restarting' | 'autorestarting' | 'dead' {
-        sendApiTelemetry(this.extensionId, this.kernel, 'status', this.execution.executionCount).catch(noop);
+        // sendApiTelemetry(this.extensionId, this.kernel, 'status', this.execution.executionCount).catch(noop);
         return this.kernel.status;
     }
     get onDidChangeStatus(): Event<
         'unknown' | 'starting' | 'idle' | 'busy' | 'terminating' | 'restarting' | 'autorestarting' | 'dead'
     > {
-        sendApiTelemetry(this.extensionId, this.kernel, 'onDidChangeStatus', this.execution.executionCount).catch(noop);
+        // sendApiTelemetry(this.extensionId, this.kernel, 'onDidChangeStatus', this.execution.executionCount).catch(noop);
         return this.kernel.onStatusChanged;
     }