diff --git a/src/client/deprecatedProposedApi.ts b/src/client/deprecatedProposedApi.ts
index 459f2b1bf529..e63670e4bf1b 100644
--- a/src/client/deprecatedProposedApi.ts
+++ b/src/client/deprecatedProposedApi.ts
@@ -86,15 +86,23 @@ export function buildDeprecatedProposedApi(
     const proposed: DeprecatedProposedAPI = {
         environment: {
             async getExecutionDetails(resource?: Resource) {
-                sendApiTelemetry('getExecutionDetails');
+                sendApiTelemetry('deprecated.getExecutionDetails');
                 const env = await interpreterService.getActiveInterpreter(resource);
                 return env ? { execCommand: [env.path] } : { execCommand: undefined };
             },
+            async getActiveEnvironmentPath(resource?: Resource) {
+                sendApiTelemetry('deprecated.getActiveEnvironmentPath');
+                const env = await interpreterService.getActiveInterpreter(resource);
+                if (!env) {
+                    return undefined;
+                }
+                return getEnvPath(env.path, env.envPath);
+            },
             async getEnvironmentDetails(
                 path: string,
                 options?: EnvironmentDetailsOptions,
             ): Promise<EnvironmentDetails | undefined> {
-                sendApiTelemetry('getEnvironmentDetails');
+                sendApiTelemetry('deprecated.getEnvironmentDetails');
                 let env: PythonEnvInfo | undefined;
                 if (options?.useCache) {
                     env = discoveryApi.getEnvs().find((v) => isEnvSame(path, v));
@@ -118,38 +126,38 @@ export function buildDeprecatedProposedApi(
                 };
             },
             getEnvironmentPaths() {
-                sendApiTelemetry('getEnvironmentPaths');
+                sendApiTelemetry('deprecated.getEnvironmentPaths');
                 const paths = discoveryApi.getEnvs().map((e) => getEnvPath(e.executable.filename, e.location));
                 return Promise.resolve(paths);
             },
             setActiveEnvironment(path: string, resource?: Resource): Promise<void> {
-                sendApiTelemetry('setActiveEnvironment');
+                sendApiTelemetry('deprecated.setActiveEnvironment');
                 return interpreterPathService.update(resource, ConfigurationTarget.WorkspaceFolder, path);
             },
             async refreshEnvironment() {
-                sendApiTelemetry('refreshEnvironment');
+                sendApiTelemetry('deprecated.refreshEnvironment');
                 await discoveryApi.triggerRefresh();
                 const paths = discoveryApi.getEnvs().map((e) => getEnvPath(e.executable.filename, e.location));
                 return Promise.resolve(paths);
             },
             getRefreshPromise(options?: GetRefreshEnvironmentsOptions): Promise<void> | undefined {
-                sendApiTelemetry('getRefreshPromise');
+                sendApiTelemetry('deprecated.getRefreshPromise');
                 return discoveryApi.getRefreshPromise(options);
             },
             get onDidChangeExecutionDetails() {
-                sendApiTelemetry('onDidChangeExecutionDetails', false);
+                sendApiTelemetry('deprecated.onDidChangeExecutionDetails', false);
                 return interpreterService.onDidChangeInterpreterConfiguration;
             },
             get onDidEnvironmentsChanged() {
-                sendApiTelemetry('onDidEnvironmentsChanged', false);
+                sendApiTelemetry('deprecated.onDidEnvironmentsChanged', false);
                 return onDidInterpretersChangedEvent.event;
             },
             get onDidActiveEnvironmentChanged() {
-                sendApiTelemetry('onDidActiveEnvironmentChanged', false);
+                sendApiTelemetry('deprecated.onDidActiveEnvironmentChanged', false);
                 return onDidActiveInterpreterChangedEvent.event;
             },
             get onRefreshProgress() {
-                sendApiTelemetry('onRefreshProgress', false);
+                sendApiTelemetry('deprecated.onRefreshProgress', false);
                 return discoveryApi.onProgress;
             },
         },
diff --git a/src/client/deprecatedProposedApiTypes.ts b/src/client/deprecatedProposedApiTypes.ts
index 864185483504..f2a2cbe040af 100644
--- a/src/client/deprecatedProposedApiTypes.ts
+++ b/src/client/deprecatedProposedApiTypes.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,15 @@ export interface DeprecatedProposedAPI {
              */
             execCommand: string[] | undefined;
         }>;
+        /**
+         * Returns the path to the python binary selected by the user or as in the settings.
+         * This is just the path to the python binary, this does not provide activation or any
+         * other activation command. The `resource` if provided will be used to determine the
+         * python binary in a multi-root scenario. If resource is `undefined` then the API
+         * returns what ever is set for the workspace.
+         * @param resource : Uri of a file or workspace
+         */
+        getActiveEnvironmentPath(resource?: Resource): Promise<EnvPathType | undefined>;
         /**
          * Returns details for the given interpreter. Details such as absolute interpreter path,
          * version, type (conda, pyenv, etc). Metadata such as `sysPrefix` can be found under
diff --git a/src/client/proposedApi.ts b/src/client/proposedApi.ts
index 46518755116e..288d75a0f2b5 100644
--- a/src/client/proposedApi.ts
+++ b/src/client/proposedApi.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import {
     reportActiveInterpreterChangedDeprecated,
     reportInterpretersChanged,
 } from './deprecatedProposedApi';
+import { DeprecatedProposedAPI } from './deprecatedProposedApiTypes';
 
 type ActiveEnvironmentChangeEvent = {
     resource: WorkspaceFolder | undefined;
@@ -151,18 +152,19 @@ export function buildProposedApi(
     );
 
     /**
-     * @deprecated Will be removed soon. Use {@link ProposedExtensionAPI.environments} instead.
+     * @deprecated Will be removed soon. Use {@link ProposedExtensionAPI} instead.
      */
-    let deprecatedEnvironmentsApi;
+    let deprecatedProposedApi;
     try {
-        deprecatedEnvironmentsApi = { ...buildDeprecatedProposedApi(discoveryApi, serviceContainer).environment };
+        deprecatedProposedApi = { ...buildDeprecatedProposedApi(discoveryApi, serviceContainer) };
     } catch (ex) {
-        deprecatedEnvironmentsApi = {};
+        deprecatedProposedApi = {} as DeprecatedProposedAPI;
         // Errors out only in case of testing.
         // Also, these APIs no longer supported, no need to log error.
     }
 
-    const proposed: ProposedExtensionAPI = {
+    const proposed: ProposedExtensionAPI & DeprecatedProposedAPI = {
+        ...deprecatedProposedApi,
         environments: {
             getActiveEnvironmentPath(resource?: Resource) {
                 sendApiTelemetry('getActiveEnvironmentPath');
@@ -172,10 +174,6 @@ export function buildProposedApi(
                 return {
                     id,
                     path,
-                    /**
-                     * @deprecated Only provided for backwards compatibility and will soon be removed.
-                     */
-                    pathType: 'interpreterPath',
                 };
             },
             updateActiveEnvironmentPath(
@@ -228,7 +226,6 @@ export function buildProposedApi(
                 return onEnvironmentsChanged.event;
             },
         },
-        ...deprecatedEnvironmentsApi,
     };
     return proposed;
 }
diff --git a/src/test/proposedApi.unit.test.ts b/src/test/proposedApi.unit.test.ts
index 8058c8ada4e3..a4358c0830fc 100644
--- a/src/test/proposedApi.unit.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/proposedApi.unit.test.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import { PythonEnvCollectionChangedEvent } from '../client/pythonEnvironments/ba
 import { normCasePath } from '../client/common/platform/fs-paths';
 import {
     ActiveEnvironmentPathChangeEvent,
-    EnvironmentPath,
     EnvironmentsChangeEvent,
     ProposedExtensionAPI,
 } from '../client/proposedApiTypes';
@@ -92,11 +91,10 @@ suite('Proposed Extension API', () => {
             .setup((c) => c.getSettings(undefined))
             .returns(() => (({ pythonPath } as unknown) as IPythonSettings));
         const actual = proposed.environments.getActiveEnvironmentPath();
-        assert.deepEqual(actual, ({
+        assert.deepEqual(actual, {
             id: normCasePath(pythonPath),
             path: pythonPath,
-            pathType: 'interpreterPath',
-        } as unknown) as EnvironmentPath);
+        });
     });
 
     test('getActiveEnvironmentPath: default python', () => {
@@ -105,11 +103,10 @@ suite('Proposed Extension API', () => {
             .setup((c) => c.getSettings(undefined))
             .returns(() => (({ pythonPath } as unknown) as IPythonSettings));
         const actual = proposed.environments.getActiveEnvironmentPath();
-        assert.deepEqual(actual, ({
+        assert.deepEqual(actual, {
             id: 'DEFAULT_PYTHON',
             path: pythonPath,
-            pathType: 'interpreterPath',
-        } as unknown) as EnvironmentPath);
+        });
     });
 
     test('getActiveEnvironmentPath: With resource', () => {
@@ -119,11 +116,10 @@ suite('Proposed Extension API', () => {
             .setup((c) => c.getSettings(resource))
             .returns(() => (({ pythonPath } as unknown) as IPythonSettings));
         const actual = proposed.environments.getActiveEnvironmentPath(resource);
-        assert.deepEqual(actual, ({
+        assert.deepEqual(actual, {
             id: normCasePath(pythonPath),
             path: pythonPath,
-            pathType: 'interpreterPath',
-        } as unknown) as EnvironmentPath);
+        });
     });
 
     test('resolveEnvironment: invalid environment (when passed as string)', async () => {