diff --git a/lib/vscode/src/vs/ipc.d.ts b/lib/vscode/src/vs/ipc.d.ts
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dff4f400f736d3540bb5cd84d5cd9eda66c0e60c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/vscode/src/vs/ipc.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../typings/ipc.d.ts
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/vscode/src/vs/server/browser/client.ts b/lib/vscode/src/vs/server/browser/client.ts
index d7e3d54364179002df4c6467ae903ee70aa17da1..ebd939bcb9d442ea9ee84621b865b9b56d220c92 100644
--- a/lib/vscode/src/vs/server/browser/client.ts
+++ b/lib/vscode/src/vs/server/browser/client.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import * as path from 'vs/base/common/path';
 import { URI } from 'vs/base/common/uri';
+import { Options } from 'vs/ipc';
 import { localize } from 'vs/nls';
 import { Extensions, IConfigurationRegistry } from 'vs/platform/configuration/common/configurationRegistry';
 import { registerSingleton } from 'vs/platform/instantiation/common/extensions';
@@ -11,7 +12,6 @@ import { Registry } from 'vs/platform/registry/common/platform';
 import { IStorageService, StorageScope, StorageTarget } from 'vs/platform/storage/common/storage';
 import { ITelemetryService } from 'vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetry';
 import { TelemetryChannelClient } from 'vs/server/common/telemetry';
-import { Options } from 'vs/server/ipc.d';
 import 'vs/workbench/contrib/localizations/browser/localizations.contribution';
 import { LocalizationsService } from 'vs/workbench/services/localizations/electron-sandbox/localizationsService';
 import { IRemoteAgentService } from 'vs/workbench/services/remote/common/remoteAgentService';
diff --git a/lib/vscode/src/vs/server/entry.ts b/lib/vscode/src/vs/server/entry.ts
index 89a872d45ea3cbdb6594aa7e730bd2449d08385c..901bcda63dd9d6d9dbf0bee74755e6a2baf7025f 100644
--- a/lib/vscode/src/vs/server/entry.ts
+++ b/lib/vscode/src/vs/server/entry.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import { field } from '@coder/logger';
 import { setUnexpectedErrorHandler } from 'vs/base/common/errors';
-import { CodeServerMessage, VscodeMessage } from 'vs/server/ipc';
+import * as proxyAgent from 'vs/base/node/proxy_agent';
+import { CodeServerMessage, VscodeMessage } from 'vs/ipc';
 import { logger } from 'vs/server/node/logger';
 import { enableCustomMarketplace } from 'vs/server/node/marketplace';
 import { Vscode } from 'vs/server/node/server';
-import * as proxyAgent from 'vs/base/node/proxy_agent';
 
 setUnexpectedErrorHandler((error) => logger.warn(error instanceof Error ? error.message : error));
 enableCustomMarketplace();
diff --git a/lib/vscode/src/vs/server/ipc.d.ts b/lib/vscode/src/vs/server/ipc.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 613d1e0e99fad2d493bee973e168083dc3f7d8b3..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/lib/vscode/src/vs/server/ipc.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,132 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * External interfaces for integration into code-server over IPC. No vs imports
- * should be made in this file.
- */
-export interface Options {
-	base: string
-	disableTelemetry: boolean
-	disableUpdateCheck: boolean
-}
-
-export interface InitMessage {
-	type: "init"
-	id: string
-	options: VscodeOptions
-}
-
-export type Query = { [key: string]: string | string[] | undefined | Query | Query[] }
-
-export interface SocketMessage {
-	type: "socket"
-	query: Query
-	permessageDeflate: boolean
-}
-
-export interface CliMessage {
-	type: "cli"
-	args: Args
-}
-
-export interface OpenCommandPipeArgs {
-	type: "open"
-	fileURIs?: string[]
-	folderURIs: string[]
-	forceNewWindow?: boolean
-	diffMode?: boolean
-	addMode?: boolean
-	gotoLineMode?: boolean
-	forceReuseWindow?: boolean
-	waitMarkerFilePath?: string
-}
-
-export type CodeServerMessage = InitMessage | SocketMessage | CliMessage
-
-export interface ReadyMessage {
-	type: "ready"
-}
-
-export interface OptionsMessage {
-	id: string
-	type: "options"
-	options: WorkbenchOptions
-}
-
-export type VscodeMessage = ReadyMessage | OptionsMessage
-
-export interface StartPath {
-	url: string
-	workspace: boolean
-}
-
-export interface Args {
-	"user-data-dir"?: string
-
-	"enable-proposed-api"?: string[]
-	"extensions-dir"?: string
-	"builtin-extensions-dir"?: string
-	"extra-extensions-dir"?: string[]
-	"extra-builtin-extensions-dir"?: string[]
-	"ignore-last-opened"?: boolean
-
-	locale?: string
-
-	log?: string
-	verbose?: boolean
-
-	_: string[]
-}
-
-export interface VscodeOptions {
-	readonly args: Args
-	readonly remoteAuthority: string
-	readonly startPath?: StartPath
-}
-
-export interface VscodeOptionsMessage extends VscodeOptions {
-	readonly id: string
-}
-
-export interface UriComponents {
-	readonly scheme: string
-	readonly authority: string
-	readonly path: string
-	readonly query: string
-	readonly fragment: string
-}
-
-export interface NLSConfiguration {
-	locale: string
-	availableLanguages: {
-		[key: string]: string
-	}
-	pseudo?: boolean
-	_languagePackSupport?: boolean
-}
-
-export interface WorkbenchOptions {
-	readonly workbenchWebConfiguration: {
-		readonly remoteAuthority?: string
-		readonly folderUri?: UriComponents
-		readonly workspaceUri?: UriComponents
-		readonly logLevel?: number
-		readonly workspaceProvider?: {
-			payload: [["userDataPath", string], ["enableProposedApi", string]]
-		}
-	}
-	readonly remoteUserDataUri: UriComponents
-	readonly productConfiguration: {
-		codeServerVersion?: string
-		readonly extensionsGallery?: {
-			readonly serviceUrl: string
-			readonly itemUrl: string
-			readonly controlUrl: string
-			readonly recommendationsUrl: string
-		}
-	}
-	readonly nlsConfiguration: NLSConfiguration
-	readonly commit: string
-}
-
-export interface WorkbenchOptionsMessage {
-	id: string
-}
diff --git a/lib/vscode/src/vs/server/node/server.ts b/lib/vscode/src/vs/server/node/server.ts
index 1626373e62857ee70f9c1f8ad4cfd7550439ad84..3c99d415e3091b7e27426c592c8e94d70c4007a7 100644
--- a/lib/vscode/src/vs/server/node/server.ts
+++ b/lib/vscode/src/vs/server/node/server.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { field } from '@coder/logger';
-import { release } from 'os';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as net from 'net';
+import { release } from 'os';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { Emitter } from 'vs/base/common/event';
 import { Schemas } from 'vs/base/common/network';
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { getMachineId } from 'vs/base/node/id';
 import { ClientConnectionEvent, IPCServer, IServerChannel, ProxyChannel } from 'vs/base/parts/ipc/common/ipc';
 import { LogsDataCleaner } from 'vs/code/electron-browser/sharedProcess/contrib/logsDataCleaner';
 import { main } from 'vs/code/node/cliProcessMain';
+import { Query, VscodeOptions, WorkbenchOptions } from 'vs/ipc';
 import { IConfigurationService } from 'vs/platform/configuration/common/configuration';
 import { ConfigurationService } from 'vs/platform/configuration/common/configurationService';
 import { ExtensionHostDebugBroadcastChannel } from 'vs/platform/debug/common/extensionHostDebugIpc';
@@ -40,14 +41,13 @@ import { IRequestService } from 'vs/platform/request/common/request';
 import { RequestChannel } from 'vs/platform/request/common/requestIpc';
 import { RequestService } from 'vs/platform/request/node/requestService';
 import ErrorTelemetry from 'vs/platform/telemetry/browser/errorTelemetry';
+import { resolveCommonProperties } from 'vs/platform/telemetry/common/commonProperties';
 import { ITelemetryService } from 'vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetry';
 import { TelemetryLogAppender } from 'vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetryLogAppender';
 import { TelemetryService } from 'vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetryService';
 import { combinedAppender, NullTelemetryService } from 'vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetryUtils';
 import { AppInsightsAppender } from 'vs/platform/telemetry/node/appInsightsAppender';
-import { resolveCommonProperties } from 'vs/platform/telemetry/common/commonProperties';
 import { TelemetryChannel } from 'vs/server/common/telemetry';
-import { Query, VscodeOptions, WorkbenchOptions } from 'vs/server/ipc';
 import { ExtensionEnvironmentChannel, FileProviderChannel, TerminalProviderChannel } from 'vs/server/node/channel';
 import { Connection, ExtensionHostConnection, ManagementConnection } from 'vs/server/node/connection';
 import { TelemetryClient } from 'vs/server/node/insights';
diff --git a/src/node/cli.ts b/src/node/cli.ts
index 09542f0b9df29297a24fd9c76b8b858b3f49c16f..461a2e186faf69a4db4b21d2d5c8289577403182 100644
--- a/src/node/cli.ts
+++ b/src/node/cli.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { promises as fs } from "fs"
 import yaml from "js-yaml"
 import * as os from "os"
 import * as path from "path"
-import { Args as VsArgs } from "../../lib/vscode/src/vs/server/ipc"
+import { Args as VsArgs } from "../../typings/ipc"
 import { canConnect, generateCertificate, generatePassword, humanPath, paths } from "./util"
 
 export enum AuthType {
diff --git a/src/node/entry.ts b/src/node/entry.ts
index 2f569b4ef369dc90620924407c69d57a36b27631..b7b61b8f4dded721a53607669d17fecd9679d40a 100644
--- a/src/node/entry.ts
+++ b/src/node/entry.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { field, logger } from "@coder/logger"
 import * as cp from "child_process"
 import http from "http"
 import * as path from "path"
-import { CliMessage, OpenCommandPipeArgs } from "../../lib/vscode/src/vs/server/ipc"
+import { CliMessage, OpenCommandPipeArgs } from "../../typings/ipc"
 import { plural } from "../common/util"
 import { createApp, ensureAddress } from "./app"
 import {
diff --git a/src/node/vscode.ts b/src/node/vscode.ts
index 44b46ec719f9a5a4cd6907755135b9ee07d773d5..a69253fb21f44b9db13b0818434fa5740cf4c50d 100644
--- a/src/node/vscode.ts
+++ b/src/node/vscode.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { logger } from "@coder/logger"
 import * as cp from "child_process"
 import * as net from "net"
 import * as path from "path"
-import * as ipc from "../../lib/vscode/src/vs/server/ipc"
+import * as ipc from "../../typings/ipc"
 import { arrayify, generateUuid } from "../common/util"
 import { rootPath } from "./constants"
 import { settings } from "./settings"
diff --git a/typings/ipc.d.ts b/typings/ipc.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f31e1d45afcebda26890dd3b3c980bdcfff2cf56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/typings/ipc.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+/**
+ * External interfaces for integration into code-server over IPC.
+ * This file exists in two locations:
+ * - typings/ipc.d.ts
+ * - lib/vscode/src/typings/ipc.d.ts
+ * The second is a symlink to the first.
+ */
+export interface Options {
+  base: string
+  disableTelemetry: boolean
+  disableUpdateCheck: boolean
+}
+
+export interface InitMessage {
+  type: "init"
+  id: string
+  options: VscodeOptions
+}
+
+export type Query = { [key: string]: string | string[] | undefined | Query | Query[] }
+
+export interface SocketMessage {
+  type: "socket"
+  query: Query
+  permessageDeflate: boolean
+}
+
+export interface CliMessage {
+  type: "cli"
+  args: Args
+}
+
+export interface OpenCommandPipeArgs {
+  type: "open"
+  fileURIs?: string[]
+  folderURIs: string[]
+  forceNewWindow?: boolean
+  diffMode?: boolean
+  addMode?: boolean
+  gotoLineMode?: boolean
+  forceReuseWindow?: boolean
+  waitMarkerFilePath?: string
+}
+
+export type CodeServerMessage = InitMessage | SocketMessage | CliMessage
+
+export interface ReadyMessage {
+  type: "ready"
+}
+
+export interface OptionsMessage {
+  id: string
+  type: "options"
+  options: WorkbenchOptions
+}
+
+export type VscodeMessage = ReadyMessage | OptionsMessage
+
+export interface StartPath {
+  url: string
+  workspace: boolean
+}
+
+export interface Args {
+  "user-data-dir"?: string
+
+  "enable-proposed-api"?: string[]
+  "extensions-dir"?: string
+  "builtin-extensions-dir"?: string
+  "extra-extensions-dir"?: string[]
+  "extra-builtin-extensions-dir"?: string[]
+  "ignore-last-opened"?: boolean
+
+  locale?: string
+
+  log?: string
+  verbose?: boolean
+
+  _: string[]
+}
+
+export interface VscodeOptions {
+  readonly args: Args
+  readonly remoteAuthority: string
+  readonly startPath?: StartPath
+}
+
+export interface VscodeOptionsMessage extends VscodeOptions {
+  readonly id: string
+}
+
+export interface UriComponents {
+  readonly scheme: string
+  readonly authority: string
+  readonly path: string
+  readonly query: string
+  readonly fragment: string
+}
+
+export interface NLSConfiguration {
+  locale: string
+  availableLanguages: {
+    [key: string]: string
+  }
+  pseudo?: boolean
+  _languagePackSupport?: boolean
+}
+
+export interface WorkbenchOptions {
+  readonly workbenchWebConfiguration: {
+    readonly remoteAuthority?: string
+    readonly folderUri?: UriComponents
+    readonly workspaceUri?: UriComponents
+    readonly logLevel?: number
+    readonly workspaceProvider?: {
+      payload: [["userDataPath", string], ["enableProposedApi", string]]
+    }
+  }
+  readonly remoteUserDataUri: UriComponents
+  readonly productConfiguration: {
+    codeServerVersion?: string
+    readonly extensionsGallery?: {
+      readonly serviceUrl: string
+      readonly itemUrl: string
+      readonly controlUrl: string
+      readonly recommendationsUrl: string
+    }
+  }
+  readonly nlsConfiguration: NLSConfiguration
+  readonly commit: string
+}
+
+export interface WorkbenchOptionsMessage {
+  id: string
+}