diff --git a/extensions/typescript/src/typescriptServiceClient.ts b/extensions/typescript/src/typescriptServiceClient.ts
index c90616f632a23a53fe7186c4739b04ee6db0e6c4..78252498fc77501be452aea229555aa4c29dbfbf 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript/src/typescriptServiceClient.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript/src/typescriptServiceClient.ts
@@ -573,7 +573,9 @@ export default class TypeScriptServiceClient implements ITypescriptServiceClient
 						const plugins = this.getContributedTypeScriptServerPlugins();
 						if (plugins.length) {
 							args.push('--globalPlugins', plugins.map(x => x.name).join(','));
-							args.push('--pluginProbeLocations', plugins.map(x => x.path).join(','));
+							if (modulePath === this.globalTypescriptPath) {
+								args.push('--pluginProbeLocations', plugins.map(x => x.path).join(','));
+							}
 						}
 					}