diff --git a/crates/client/src/telemetry.rs b/crates/client/src/telemetry.rs
index b470dde004..1a0238cd0f 100644
--- a/crates/client/src/telemetry.rs
+++ b/crates/client/src/telemetry.rs
@@ -157,16 +157,13 @@ impl Telemetry {
         self.executor
             .spawn(
                 async move {
-                    let (device_id, is_first_time_start) =
-                        if let Ok(Some(device_id)) = db.read_kvp("device_id") {
-                            (device_id, false)
-                        } else {
-                            let device_id = Uuid::new_v4().to_string();
-                            db.write_kvp("device_id", &device_id)?;
-                            (device_id, true)
-                        };
-
-                    this.report_start_app(is_first_time_start);
+                    let device_id = if let Ok(Some(device_id)) = db.read_kvp("device_id") {
+                        device_id
+                    } else {
+                        let device_id = Uuid::new_v4().to_string();
+                        db.write_kvp("device_id", &device_id)?;
+                        device_id
+                    };
 
                     let device_id: Arc<str> = device_id.into();
                     let mut state = this.state.lock();
@@ -263,13 +260,6 @@ impl Telemetry {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn report_start_app(self: &Arc<Self>, is_first_time_start: bool) {
-        self.report_event(
-            "start app",
-            json!({ "First Time Open": is_first_time_start }),
-        )
-    }
-
     fn flush(self: &Arc<Self>) {
         let mut state = self.state.lock();
         let mut events = mem::take(&mut state.queue);
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/main.rs b/crates/zed/src/main.rs
index 168152efac..74a38599ec 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/main.rs
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ fn main() {
         let project_store = cx.add_model(|_| ProjectStore::new());
         let db = cx.background().block(db);
         client.start_telemetry(db.clone());
+        client.report_event("start app", Default::default());
 
         let app_state = Arc::new(AppState {
             languages,