diff --git a/BUILD.gn b/BUILD.gn
index abb5b7e06f..cfd7227bf1 100644
--- a/BUILD.gn
+++ b/BUILD.gn
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ ts_sources = [
   "js/symlink.ts",
   "js/text_encoding.ts",
   "js/timers.ts",
-  "js/trace.ts",
   "js/truncate.ts",
   "js/types.ts",
   "js/url_search_params.ts",
diff --git a/js/deno.ts b/js/deno.ts
index 84b6b14b86..8a6b627b6b 100644
--- a/js/deno.ts
+++ b/js/deno.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ export { writeFileSync, writeFile } from "./write_file";
 export { ErrorKind, DenoError } from "./errors";
 export { libdeno } from "./libdeno";
 export { platform } from "./platform";
-export { trace } from "./trace";
 export { truncateSync, truncate } from "./truncate";
 export { FileInfo } from "./file_info";
 export { connect, dial, listen, Listener, Conn } from "./net";
diff --git a/js/dispatch.ts b/js/dispatch.ts
index d416264bd5..b27e5e1b56 100644
--- a/js/dispatch.ts
+++ b/js/dispatch.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import * as flatbuffers from "./flatbuffers";
 import * as msg from "gen/msg_generated";
 import * as errors from "./errors";
 import * as util from "./util";
-import { maybePushTrace } from "./trace";
 
 let nextCmdId = 0;
 const promiseTable = new Map<number, util.Resolvable<msg.Base>>();
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ export function sendAsync(
   inner: flatbuffers.Offset,
   data?: ArrayBufferView
 ): Promise<msg.Base> {
-  maybePushTrace(innerType, false); // add to trace if tracing
   const [cmdId, resBuf] = sendInternal(builder, innerType, inner, data, false);
   util.assert(resBuf == null);
   const promise = util.createResolvable<msg.Base>();
@@ -58,7 +56,6 @@ export function sendSync(
   inner: flatbuffers.Offset,
   data?: ArrayBufferView
 ): null | msg.Base {
-  maybePushTrace(innerType, true); // add to trace if tracing
   const [cmdId, resBuf] = sendInternal(builder, innerType, inner, data, true);
   util.assert(cmdId >= 0);
   if (resBuf == null) {
diff --git a/js/trace.ts b/js/trace.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 104d048deb..0000000000
--- a/js/trace.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2018 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
-import * as msg from "gen/msg_generated";
-
-export interface TraceInfo {
-  sync: boolean; // is synchronous call
-  name: string; // name of operation
-}
-
-interface TraceStackNode {
-  list: TraceInfo[];
-  prev: TraceStackNode | null;
-}
-
-let current: TraceStackNode | null = null;
-
-// Push a new list to trace stack
-function pushStack(): void {
-  if (current === null) {
-    current = { list: [], prev: null };
-  } else {
-    const newStack = { list: [], prev: current };
-    current = newStack;
-  }
-}
-
-// Pop from trace stack and (if possible) concat to parent trace stack node
-function popStack(): TraceInfo[] {
-  if (current === null) {
-    throw new Error("trace list stack should not be empty");
-  }
-  const resultList = current!.list;
-  if (!!current!.prev) {
-    const prev = current!.prev!;
-    // concat inner results to outer stack
-    prev.list = prev.list.concat(resultList);
-    current = prev;
-  } else {
-    current = null;
-  }
-  return resultList;
-}
-
-// Push to trace stack if we are tracing
-// @internal
-export function maybePushTrace(op: msg.Any, sync: boolean): void {
-  if (current === null) {
-    return; // no trace requested
-  }
-  // Freeze the object, avoid tampering
-  current!.list.push(
-    Object.freeze({
-      sync,
-      name: msg.Any[op] // convert to enum names
-    })
-  );
-}
-
-/** Trace privileged operations executed inside a given function or promise.
- *
- * _Notice:_ To capture every operation in asynchronous `deno.*` calls,
- * you might want to put them in functions instead of directly invoking.
- *
- *       import { trace, mkdir } from "deno";
- *
- *       const ops = await trace(async () => {
- *         await mkdir("my_dir");
- *       });
- */
-export async function trace(
-  // tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
-  fnOrPromise: Function | Promise<any>
-): Promise<TraceInfo[]> {
-  pushStack();
-  if (typeof fnOrPromise === "function") {
-    await fnOrPromise();
-  } else {
-    await fnOrPromise;
-  }
-  return popStack();
-}
diff --git a/js/trace_test.ts b/js/trace_test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index bbfc9f23cb..0000000000
--- a/js/trace_test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2018 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
-import { testPerm, assertEqual } from "./test_util.ts";
-import * as deno from "deno";
-
-testPerm({ write: true }, async function traceFunctionSuccess() {
-  const op = await deno.trace(async () => {
-    const enc = new TextEncoder();
-    const data = enc.encode("Hello");
-    // Mixing sync and async calls
-    const filename = deno.makeTempDirSync() + "/test.txt";
-    await deno.writeFile(filename, data, 0o666);
-    deno.removeSync(filename);
-  });
-  assertEqual(op.length, 3);
-  assertEqual(op[0], { sync: true, name: "MakeTempDir" });
-  assertEqual(op[1], { sync: false, name: "WriteFile" });
-  assertEqual(op[2], { sync: true, name: "Remove" });
-});
-
-testPerm({ write: true }, async function tracePromiseSuccess() {
-  // Ensure we don't miss any send actions
-  // (new Promise(fn), fn runs synchronously)
-  const asyncFunction = async () => {
-    const enc = new TextEncoder();
-    const data = enc.encode("Hello");
-    // Mixing sync and async calls
-    const filename = deno.makeTempDirSync() + "/test.txt";
-    await deno.writeFile(filename, data, 0o666);
-    deno.removeSync(filename);
-  };
-  const promise = Promise.resolve().then(asyncFunction);
-  const op = await deno.trace(promise);
-  assertEqual(op.length, 3);
-  assertEqual(op[0], { sync: true, name: "MakeTempDir" });
-  assertEqual(op[1], { sync: false, name: "WriteFile" });
-  assertEqual(op[2], { sync: true, name: "Remove" });
-});
-
-testPerm({ write: true }, async function traceRepeatSuccess() {
-  const op1 = await deno.trace(async () => await deno.makeTempDir());
-  assertEqual(op1.length, 1);
-  assertEqual(op1[0], { sync: false, name: "MakeTempDir" });
-  const op2 = await deno.trace(() => deno.statSync("."));
-  assertEqual(op2.length, 1);
-  assertEqual(op2[0], { sync: true, name: "Stat" });
-});
-
-testPerm({ write: true }, async function traceIdempotence() {
-  let op1, op2, op3;
-  op1 = await deno.trace(async () => {
-    const filename = (await deno.makeTempDir()) + "/test.txt";
-    op2 = await deno.trace(async () => {
-      const enc = new TextEncoder();
-      const data = enc.encode("Hello");
-      deno.writeFileSync(filename, data, 0o666);
-      op3 = await deno.trace(async () => {
-        await deno.remove(filename);
-      });
-      await deno.makeTempDir();
-    });
-  });
-
-  // Flatten the calls
-  assertEqual(op1.length, 4);
-  assertEqual(op1[0], { sync: false, name: "MakeTempDir" });
-  assertEqual(op1[1], { sync: true, name: "WriteFile" });
-  assertEqual(op1[2], { sync: false, name: "Remove" });
-  assertEqual(op1[3], { sync: false, name: "MakeTempDir" });
-
-  assertEqual(op2.length, 3);
-  assertEqual(op2[0], { sync: true, name: "WriteFile" });
-  assertEqual(op2[1], { sync: false, name: "Remove" });
-  assertEqual(op2[2], { sync: false, name: "MakeTempDir" });
-
-  assertEqual(op3.length, 1);
-  assertEqual(op3[0], { sync: false, name: "Remove" });
-
-  // Expect top-level repeat still works after all the nestings
-  const op4 = await deno.trace(() => deno.statSync("."));
-  assertEqual(op4.length, 1);
-  assertEqual(op4[0], { sync: true, name: "Stat" });
-});
diff --git a/js/unit_tests.ts b/js/unit_tests.ts
index 610de02dba..392a061ccf 100644
--- a/js/unit_tests.ts
+++ b/js/unit_tests.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import "./symlink_test.ts";
 import "./platform_test.ts";
 import "./text_encoding_test.ts";
 import "./net_test.ts";
-import "./trace_test.ts";
 import "./truncate_test.ts";
 import "./v8_source_maps_test.ts";
 import "../website/app_test.js";