diff --git a/src/Compilers/Core/Portable/DiagnosticAnalyzer/AnalyzerExecutor.cs b/src/Compilers/Core/Portable/DiagnosticAnalyzer/AnalyzerExecutor.cs
index 85b1658895f54..a6e045e67d636 100644
--- a/src/Compilers/Core/Portable/DiagnosticAnalyzer/AnalyzerExecutor.cs
+++ b/src/Compilers/Core/Portable/DiagnosticAnalyzer/AnalyzerExecutor.cs
@@ -1453,17 +1453,17 @@ private void ExecuteAndCatchIfThrows_NoLock<TArg>(DiagnosticAnalyzer analyzer, A
                 {
                     timer = SharedStopwatch.StartNew();
 
-                    // This call to Restart isn't required by the API, but is included to avoid measurement errors which
-                    // can occur during periods of high allocation activity. In some cases, calls to Stopwatch
+                    // This call to StartNew isn't required by the API, but is included to avoid measurement errors
+                    // which can occur during periods of high allocation activity. In some cases, calls to Stopwatch
                     // operations can block at their return point on the completion of a background GC operation. When
                     // this occurs, the GC wait time ends up included in the measured time span. In the event the first
-                    // call to Restart blocked on a GC operation, this call to Restart will most likely occur when the
+                    // call to StartNew blocked on a GC operation, this call to StartNew will most likely occur when the
                     // GC is no longer active. In practice, a substantial improvement to the consistency of analyzer
                     // timing data was observed.
                     //
-                    // Note that the call to Stopwatch.Stop() is not affected, because the GC wait will occur after the
-                    // timer has already recorded its stop time.
-                    timer.Restart();
+                    // Note that the call to SharedStopwatch.Elapsed is not affected, because the GC wait will occur
+                    // after the timer has already recorded its stop time.
+                    timer = SharedStopwatch.StartNew();
                 }
 
                 analyze(argument);
diff --git a/src/Compilers/Core/Portable/InternalUtilities/SharedStopwatch.cs b/src/Compilers/Core/Portable/InternalUtilities/SharedStopwatch.cs
index af862c08955d7..e85adf6326b89 100644
--- a/src/Compilers/Core/Portable/InternalUtilities/SharedStopwatch.cs
+++ b/src/Compilers/Core/Portable/InternalUtilities/SharedStopwatch.cs
@@ -7,61 +7,20 @@
 
 namespace Roslyn.Utilities
 {
-    internal struct SharedStopwatch
+    internal readonly struct SharedStopwatch
     {
         private static readonly Stopwatch s_stopwatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
 
-        private TimeSpan _accumulated;
-        private TimeSpan _started;
+        private readonly TimeSpan _started;
 
-        public readonly TimeSpan Elapsed
+        private SharedStopwatch(TimeSpan started)
         {
-            get
-            {
-                if (IsRunning)
-                    return _accumulated + s_stopwatch.Elapsed - _started;
-
-                return _accumulated;
-            }
+            _started = started;
         }
 
-        public readonly long ElapsedMilliseconds => (long)Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds;
-        public readonly bool IsRunning => _started != TimeSpan.Zero;
+        public TimeSpan Elapsed => s_stopwatch.Elapsed - _started;
 
         public static SharedStopwatch StartNew()
-        {
-            var result = new SharedStopwatch();
-            result.Start();
-            return result;
-        }
-
-        public void Reset()
-        {
-            Stop();
-            _accumulated = TimeSpan.Zero;
-        }
-
-        public void Restart()
-        {
-            Reset();
-            Start();
-        }
-
-        public void Start()
-        {
-            if (!IsRunning)
-            {
-                _started = s_stopwatch.Elapsed;
-            }
-        }
-
-        public void Stop()
-        {
-            if (IsRunning)
-            {
-                _accumulated += s_stopwatch.Elapsed - _started;
-                _started = TimeSpan.Zero;
-            }
-        }
+            => new SharedStopwatch(s_stopwatch.Elapsed);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Workspaces/Core/Portable/Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Workspaces.csproj b/src/Workspaces/Core/Portable/Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Workspaces.csproj
index 06c554c4babbc..524bc035d673b 100644
--- a/src/Workspaces/Core/Portable/Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Workspaces.csproj
+++ b/src/Workspaces/Core/Portable/Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Workspaces.csproj
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
   <ItemGroup Label="Linked Files">
     <Compile Remove="Storage\Sqlite\**\*.cs" Condition="'$(DotNetBuildFromSource)' == 'true'" />
     <Compile Include="..\..\..\CodeStyle\Core\CodeFixes\FixAllContextHelper.cs" Link="CodeFixes\FixAllOccurrences\FixAllContextHelper.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="..\..\..\Compilers\Core\Portable\InternalUtilities\SharedStopwatch.cs" Link="InternalUtilities\SharedStopwatch.cs" />
     <Compile Include="..\..\..\Compilers\Shared\DesktopAnalyzerAssemblyLoader.cs">
       <Link>Execution\Desktop\DesktopAnalyzerAssemblyLoader.cs</Link>
     </Compile>