diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/features/fileConfigurationManager.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/features/fileConfigurationManager.ts
index 0091aa1dac50102b47bda612ce107b315b235226..676e80bafd165be5aeb56a3a92759258fc6fd991 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/features/fileConfigurationManager.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/features/fileConfigurationManager.ts
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ export default class FileConfigurationManager extends Disposable {
 			allowTextChangesInNewFiles: document.uri.scheme === 'file',
 			providePrefixAndSuffixTextForRename: true,
 			allowRenameOfImportPath: true,
-		} as Proto.UserPreferences;
+		};
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/typescriptServiceClient.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/typescriptServiceClient.ts
index 4328948b23ea89b57e7f7d32e8981fd86e310a5e..134942e4696edbf77414f3bf6fcc3715321b9609 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/typescriptServiceClient.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/typescriptServiceClient.ts
@@ -423,6 +423,10 @@ export default class TypeScriptServiceClient extends Disposable implements IType
 	private serviceStarted(resendModels: boolean): void {
 		const configureOptions: Proto.ConfigureRequestArguments = {
 			hostInfo: 'vscode',
+			preferences: {
+				providePrefixAndSuffixTextForRename: true,
+				allowRenameOfImportPath: true,
+			}
 		};
 		this.executeWithoutWaitingForResponse('configure', configureOptions);
 		this.setCompilerOptionsForInferredProjects(this._configuration);