diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHost.api.impl.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHost.api.impl.ts
index f044aa6568228d869524e674a8c6cc8e48156794..efaabac633bc436990c8ed4df78bda189c3f6843 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHost.api.impl.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHost.api.impl.ts
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ export function createApiFactory(
 	const extHostTerminalService = rpcProtocol.set(ExtHostContext.ExtHostTerminalService, new ExtHostTerminalService(rpcProtocol, extHostConfiguration, extHostLogService));
 	const extHostDebugService = rpcProtocol.set(ExtHostContext.ExtHostDebugService, new ExtHostDebugService(rpcProtocol, extHostWorkspace, extensionService, extHostDocumentsAndEditors, extHostConfiguration, extHostTerminalService, extHostCommands));
 	const extHostSCM = rpcProtocol.set(ExtHostContext.ExtHostSCM, new ExtHostSCM(rpcProtocol, extHostCommands, extHostLogService));
-	const extHostSearch = rpcProtocol.set(ExtHostContext.ExtHostSearch, new ExtHostSearch(rpcProtocol, schemeTransformer, extHostLogService, extHostConfiguration));
+	const extHostSearch = rpcProtocol.set(ExtHostContext.ExtHostSearch, new ExtHostSearch(rpcProtocol, schemeTransformer, extHostLogService));
 	const extHostTask = rpcProtocol.set(ExtHostContext.ExtHostTask, new ExtHostTask(rpcProtocol, extHostWorkspace, extHostDocumentsAndEditors, extHostConfiguration));
 	const extHostWindow = rpcProtocol.set(ExtHostContext.ExtHostWindow, new ExtHostWindow(rpcProtocol));
 	rpcProtocol.set(ExtHostContext.ExtHostExtensionService, extensionService);
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostSearch.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostSearch.ts
index 47ab14cf1a3763ee3834d549e6b6164f001f9bcb..53ff6f4138691e37f9f1b5a50c452234c98f4491 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostSearch.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostSearch.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { URI, UriComponents } from 'vs/base/common/uri';
 import * as extfs from 'vs/base/node/extfs';
 import { ILogService } from 'vs/platform/log/common/log';
 import { IFileQuery, IFolderQuery, IRawFileQuery, IRawQuery, IRawTextQuery, ISearchCompleteStats, ITextQuery } from 'vs/platform/search/common/search';
-import { ExtHostConfiguration, ExtHostConfigProvider } from 'vs/workbench/api/node/extHostConfiguration';
 import { FileIndexSearchManager } from 'vs/workbench/api/node/extHostSearch.fileIndex';
 import { FileSearchManager } from 'vs/workbench/services/search/node/fileSearchManager';
 import { SearchService } from 'vs/workbench/services/search/node/rawSearchService';
@@ -41,14 +40,10 @@ export class ExtHostSearch implements ExtHostSearchShape {
 	private _fileSearchManager: FileSearchManager;
 	private _fileIndexSearchManager: FileIndexSearchManager;
 
-	constructor(mainContext: IMainContext, private _schemeTransformer: ISchemeTransformer, private _logService: ILogService, configService: ExtHostConfiguration, private _extfs = extfs) {
+	constructor(mainContext: IMainContext, private _schemeTransformer: ISchemeTransformer, private _logService: ILogService, private _extfs = extfs) {
 		this._proxy = mainContext.getProxy(MainContext.MainThreadSearch);
 		this._fileSearchManager = new FileSearchManager();
 		this._fileIndexSearchManager = new FileIndexSearchManager();
-
-		configService.getConfigProvider().then((configProvider) => {
-			registerEHProviders(this, _logService, configProvider);
-		});
 	}
 
 	private _transformScheme(scheme: string): string {
@@ -60,7 +55,7 @@ export class ExtHostSearch implements ExtHostSearchShape {
 
 	registerTextSearchProvider(scheme: string, provider: vscode.TextSearchProvider): IDisposable {
 		if (this._textSearchUsedSchemes.has(scheme)) {
-			throw new Error(`a provider for the scheme '${scheme}' is already registered`);
+			throw new Error(`a text search provider for the scheme '${scheme}' is already registered`);
 		}
 
 		this._textSearchUsedSchemes.add(scheme);
@@ -76,7 +71,7 @@ export class ExtHostSearch implements ExtHostSearchShape {
 
 	registerFileSearchProvider(scheme: string, provider: vscode.FileSearchProvider): IDisposable {
 		if (this._fileSearchUsedSchemes.has(scheme)) {
-			throw new Error(`a provider for the scheme '${scheme}' is already registered`);
+			throw new Error(`a file search provider for the scheme '${scheme}' is already registered`);
 		}
 
 		this._fileSearchUsedSchemes.add(scheme);
@@ -178,13 +173,10 @@ export class ExtHostSearch implements ExtHostSearchShape {
 	}
 }
 
-function registerEHProviders(extHostSearch: ExtHostSearch, logService: ILogService, configService: ExtHostConfigProvider) {
-	if (configService.getConfiguration('searchRipgrep').enable || configService.getConfiguration('search').runInExtensionHost) {
-		const outputChannel = new OutputChannel(logService);
-		extHostSearch.registerTextSearchProvider('file', new RipgrepSearchProvider(outputChannel));
-
-		extHostSearch.registerInternalFileSearchProvider('file', new SearchService());
-	}
+export function registerEHSearchProviders(extHostSearch: ExtHostSearch, logService: ILogService): void {
+	const outputChannel = new OutputChannel(logService);
+	extHostSearch.registerTextSearchProvider('file', new RipgrepSearchProvider(outputChannel));
+	extHostSearch.registerInternalFileSearchProvider('file', new SearchService());
 }
 
 function reviveQuery<U extends IRawQuery>(rawQuery: U): U extends IRawTextQuery ? ITextQuery : IFileQuery {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/test/electron-browser/api/extHostSearch.test.ts b/src/vs/workbench/test/electron-browser/api/extHostSearch.test.ts
index b5ca6df3e9f46f5ac6ed6455d81cb01d6575b012..985ccdb5ab457cd81b26287469962937830f5109 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/test/electron-browser/api/extHostSearch.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/test/electron-browser/api/extHostSearch.test.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import { URI, UriComponents } from 'vs/base/common/uri';
 import * as extfs from 'vs/base/node/extfs';
 import { IFileMatch, IFileQuery, IPatternInfo, IRawFileMatch2, ISearchCompleteStats, ISearchQuery, ITextQuery, QueryType, resultIsMatch } from 'vs/platform/search/common/search';
 import { MainContext, MainThreadSearchShape } from 'vs/workbench/api/node/extHost.protocol';
-import { ExtHostConfiguration } from 'vs/workbench/api/node/extHostConfiguration';
 import { ExtHostSearch } from 'vs/workbench/api/node/extHostSearch';
 import { Range } from 'vs/workbench/api/node/extHostTypes';
 import { extensionResultIsMatch } from 'vs/workbench/services/search/node/textSearchManager';
@@ -60,16 +59,6 @@ class MockMainThreadSearch implements MainThreadSearchShape {
 	}
 }
 
-class MockExtHostConfiguration {
-	getConfigProvider(): Promise<any> {
-		return Promise.resolve({
-			getConfiguration: (section?: string, resource?: URI, extensionId?: string): vscode.WorkspaceConfiguration => {
-				return <vscode.WorkspaceConfiguration>{};
-			}
-		});
-	}
-}
-
 let mockExtfs: Partial<typeof extfs>;
 
 suite('ExtHostSearch', () => {
@@ -142,12 +131,11 @@ suite('ExtHostSearch', () => {
 
 		mockMainThreadSearch = new MockMainThreadSearch();
 		const logService = new TestLogService();
-		const ehConfiguration: ExtHostConfiguration = new MockExtHostConfiguration() as any;
 
 		rpcProtocol.set(MainContext.MainThreadSearch, mockMainThreadSearch);
 
 		mockExtfs = {};
-		extHostSearch = new ExtHostSearch(rpcProtocol, null!, logService, ehConfiguration, mockExtfs as typeof extfs);
+		extHostSearch = new ExtHostSearch(rpcProtocol, null!, logService, mockExtfs as typeof extfs);
 	});
 
 	teardown(() => {