diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-browser/workbench/workbench.js b/src/vs/code/electron-browser/workbench/workbench.js
index 98e67927fe1..22d5dbe329c 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-browser/workbench/workbench.js
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-browser/workbench/workbench.js
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ const bootstrapWindow = require('../../../../bootstrap-window');
 // Setup shell environment
 process['lazyEnv'] = getLazyEnv();
 
-// Load workbench main
+// Load workbench main JS, CSS and NLS all in parallel. This is an
+// optimization to prevent a waterfall of loading to happen, because
+// we know for a fact that workbench.desktop.main will depend on
+// the related CSS and NLS counterparts.
 bootstrapWindow.load([
 	'vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main',
 	'vs/nls!vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main',
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/workbench.web.api.ts b/src/vs/workbench/workbench.web.api.ts
index 7f1da9f1203..844ff1da56a 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/workbench.web.api.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/workbench.web.api.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 import 'vs/workbench/workbench.web.main';
-import 'vs/nls!vs/workbench/workbench.web.main';
-import 'vs/css!vs/workbench/workbench.web.main';
 import { main } from 'vs/workbench/browser/web.main';
 import { UriComponents } from 'vs/base/common/uri';
 import { IFileSystemProvider } from 'vs/platform/files/common/files';