diff --git a/toolkit/components/telemetry/TelemetryEnvironment.jsm b/toolkit/components/telemetry/TelemetryEnvironment.jsm
index a2fd745ce269..6825d327fad2 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/telemetry/TelemetryEnvironment.jsm
+++ b/toolkit/components/telemetry/TelemetryEnvironment.jsm
@@ -1127,18 +1127,8 @@ EnvironmentCache.prototype = {
       // again as part of bug 1154500.
       //DWriteVersion: getGfxField("DWriteVersion", null),
       adapters: [],
-      monitors: [],
     };
 
-#if !defined(MOZ_WIDGET_GONK) && !defined(MOZ_WIDGET_ANDROID)
-    let gfxInfo = Cc["@mozilla.org/gfx/info;1"].getService(Ci.nsIGfxInfo);
-    try {
-      gfxData.monitors = gfxInfo.getMonitors();
-    } catch (e) {
-      this._log.error("nsIGfxInfo.getMonitors() caught error", e);
-    }
-#endif
-
     // GfxInfo does not yet expose a way to iterate through all the adapters.
     gfxData.adapters.push(getGfxAdapter(""));
     gfxData.adapters[0].GPUActive = true;
diff --git a/toolkit/components/telemetry/docs/environment.rst b/toolkit/components/telemetry/docs/environment.rst
index e4c891fb70c5..8ce36cae5775 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/telemetry/docs/environment.rst
+++ b/toolkit/components/telemetry/docs/environment.rst
@@ -133,18 +133,6 @@ Structure::
               },
               ...
             ],
-            // Note: currently only added on Desktop. On Linux, only a single
-            // monitor is returned representing the entire virtual screen.
-            monitors: [
-              {
-                screenWidth: <number>,  // screen width in pixels
-                screenHeight: <number>, // screen height in pixels
-                refreshRate: <number>,  // refresh rate in hertz (present on Windows only)
-                pseudoDisplay: <bool>,  // networked screen (present on Windows only)
-                scale: <number>,        // backing scale factor (present on Mac only)
-              },
-              ...
-            ],
           },
       },
       addons: {
diff --git a/toolkit/components/telemetry/tests/unit/test_TelemetryEnvironment.js b/toolkit/components/telemetry/tests/unit/test_TelemetryEnvironment.js
index 5e0de56e903c..7c024591fdc2 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/telemetry/tests/unit/test_TelemetryEnvironment.js
+++ b/toolkit/components/telemetry/tests/unit/test_TelemetryEnvironment.js
@@ -416,20 +416,6 @@ function checkSystemSection(data) {
   Assert.equal(typeof gfxData.adapters[0].GPUActive, "boolean");
   Assert.ok(gfxData.adapters[0].GPUActive, "The first GFX adapter must be active.");
 
-  Assert.ok(Array.isArray(gfxData.monitors));
-  if (gIsWindows || gIsMac) {
-    Assert.ok(gfxData.monitors.length >= 1, "There is at least one monitor.");
-    Assert.equal(typeof gfxData.monitors[0].screenWidth, "number");
-    Assert.equal(typeof gfxData.monitors[0].screenHeight, "number");
-    if (gIsWindows) {
-      Assert.equal(typeof gfxData.monitors[0].refreshRate, "number");
-      Assert.equal(typeof gfxData.monitors[0].pseudoDisplay, "boolean");
-    }
-    if (gIsMac) {
-      Assert.equal(typeof gfxData.monitors[0].scale, "number");
-    }
-  }
-
   try {
     // If we've not got nsIGfxInfoDebug, then this will throw and stop us doing
     // this test.