diff --git a/extensions/vscode-api-tests/src/workspace-tests/workspace.test.ts b/extensions/vscode-api-tests/src/workspace-tests/workspace.test.ts
index f018f581c425d7be4f91d684f7828ee5a92c5aa4..729dd8f14d53b10aff6f0250ba3e2478f540bdb2 100644
--- a/extensions/vscode-api-tests/src/workspace-tests/workspace.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/vscode-api-tests/src/workspace-tests/workspace.test.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ suite('workspace-namespace', () => {
 	teardown(closeAllEditors);
 
 	test('rootPath', () => {
-		assert.ok(pathEquals(vscode.workspace.rootPath!, join(__dirname, '../../testWorkspace')));
+		assert.equal(vscode.workspace.rootPath, undefined);
 	});
 
 	test('workspaceFile', () => {