diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/snippets/electron-browser/snippets.contribution.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/snippets/electron-browser/snippets.contribution.ts
index e28845afaba8a82404faec0823eb4861e6ead561..91007fbdd3b35a2feb3c642c9d7df6f25c16d0da 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/snippets/electron-browser/snippets.contribution.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/snippets/electron-browser/snippets.contribution.ts
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ workbenchActionsRegistry.registerWorkbenchAction(new SyncActionDescriptor(OpenSn
 	snippetsTracker.SnippetsTracker
 );
 
-let schemaId = 'local://schemas/snippets';
+let schemaId = 'vscode://schemas/snippets';
 let schema : IJSONSchema = {
 	'id': schemaId,
 	'default': { '{{snippetName}}': { 'prefix': '{{prefix}}', 'body': '{{snippet}}', 'description': '{{description}}' } },