diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/extension.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/extension.ts
index ff80b4df01bc86ec9c194bb41b82636d9eebc99e..f3e8127bbcca8432462c58accfbee7fa0cbc4add 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/extension.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/extension.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 import * as rimraf from 'rimraf';
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
+import { NodeLogDirectoryProvider } from './utils/logDirectoryProvider.electron';
 import { Api, getExtensionApi } from './api';
 import { registerCommands } from './commands/index';
 import { LanguageConfigurationManager } from './features/languageConfiguration';
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@ import * as task from './features/task';
 import { createLazyClientHost, lazilyActivateClient } from './lazyClientHost';
 import { CommandManager } from './utils/commandManager';
 import * as electron from './utils/electron';
-import LogDirectoryProvider from './utils/logDirectoryProvider';
 import { PluginManager } from './utils/plugins';
 
 export function activate(
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export function activate(
 	const onCompletionAccepted = new vscode.EventEmitter<vscode.CompletionItem>();
 	context.subscriptions.push(onCompletionAccepted);
 
-	const logDirectoryProvider = new LogDirectoryProvider(context);
+	const logDirectoryProvider = new NodeLogDirectoryProvider(context);
 
 	const lazyClientHost = createLazyClientHost(context, pluginManager, commandManager, logDirectoryProvider, item => {
 		onCompletionAccepted.fire(item);
diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/lazyClientHost.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/lazyClientHost.ts
index ef82784dce855ad1d8d394c8985f184a0236871a..ea2937caf2ddad5705b9c0fe7161eac6c11c5886 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/lazyClientHost.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/lazyClientHost.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import * as fileSchemes from './utils/fileSchemes';
 import { standardLanguageDescriptions } from './utils/languageDescription';
 import * as ProjectStatus from './utils/largeProjectStatus';
 import { lazy, Lazy } from './utils/lazy';
-import LogDirectoryProvider from './utils/logDirectoryProvider';
+import { ILogDirectoryProvider } from './utils/logDirectoryProvider';
 import ManagedFileContextManager from './utils/managedFileContext';
 import { PluginManager } from './utils/plugins';
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export function createLazyClientHost(
 	context: vscode.ExtensionContext,
 	pluginManager: PluginManager,
 	commandManager: CommandManager,
-	logDirectoryProvider: LogDirectoryProvider,
+	logDirectoryProvider: ILogDirectoryProvider,
 	onCompletionAccepted: (item: vscode.CompletionItem) => void,
 ): Lazy<TypeScriptServiceClientHost> {
 	return lazy(() => {
diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/tsServer/spawner.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/tsServer/spawner.ts
index 5bc505d0bf6b109d4f061acd61af90c203b3bdfc..4817ac6f447109da456adb903ea9b6f43cf84d7c 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/tsServer/spawner.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/tsServer/spawner.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { ClientCapabilities, ClientCapability } from '../typescriptService';
 import API from '../utils/api';
 import { SeparateSyntaxServerConfiguration, TsServerLogLevel, TypeScriptServiceConfiguration } from '../utils/configuration';
 import * as electron from '../utils/electron';
-import LogDirectoryProvider from '../utils/logDirectoryProvider';
+import { ILogDirectoryProvider } from '../utils/logDirectoryProvider';
 import Logger from '../utils/logger';
 import { TypeScriptPluginPathsProvider } from '../utils/pluginPathsProvider';
 import { PluginManager } from '../utils/plugins';
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const enum CompositeServerType {
 export class TypeScriptServerSpawner {
 	public constructor(
 		private readonly _versionProvider: TypeScriptVersionProvider,
-		private readonly _logDirectoryProvider: LogDirectoryProvider,
+		private readonly _logDirectoryProvider: ILogDirectoryProvider,
 		private readonly _pluginPathsProvider: TypeScriptPluginPathsProvider,
 		private readonly _logger: Logger,
 		private readonly _telemetryReporter: TelemetryReporter,
diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/typeScriptServiceClientHost.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/typeScriptServiceClientHost.ts
index ff06c82b96c5ac890c1f7da0db5d727251f4662c..1f2b1704dcd22d8d4a1c7efd342c408de798355d 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/typeScriptServiceClientHost.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/typeScriptServiceClientHost.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ */
 
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
+import { ILogDirectoryProvider } from './utils/logDirectoryProvider';
 import { DiagnosticKind } from './features/diagnostics';
 import FileConfigurationManager from './features/fileConfigurationManager';
 import LanguageProvider from './languageProvider';
@@ -20,7 +21,6 @@ import { CommandManager } from './utils/commandManager';
 import { Disposable } from './utils/dispose';
 import * as errorCodes from './utils/errorCodes';
 import { DiagnosticLanguage, LanguageDescription } from './utils/languageDescription';
-import LogDirectoryProvider from './utils/logDirectoryProvider';
 import { PluginManager } from './utils/plugins';
 import * as typeConverters from './utils/typeConverters';
 import TypingsStatus, { AtaProgressReporter } from './utils/typingsStatus';
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export default class TypeScriptServiceClientHost extends Disposable {
 		workspaceState: vscode.Memento,
 		pluginManager: PluginManager,
 		private readonly commandManager: CommandManager,
-		logDirectoryProvider: LogDirectoryProvider,
+		logDirectoryProvider: ILogDirectoryProvider,
 		onCompletionAccepted: (item: vscode.CompletionItem) => void,
 	) {
 		super();
diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/typescriptServiceClient.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/typescriptServiceClient.ts
index 3e6c0a7bcf42f89a6f36affdb4fccba47a0fd5bf..98d7fe8b97bba174afcedc11841f7197bfd5b31c 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/typescriptServiceClient.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/typescriptServiceClient.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import API from './utils/api';
 import { TsServerLogLevel, TypeScriptServiceConfiguration } from './utils/configuration';
 import { Disposable } from './utils/dispose';
 import * as fileSchemes from './utils/fileSchemes';
-import LogDirectoryProvider from './utils/logDirectoryProvider';
+import { ILogDirectoryProvider } from './utils/logDirectoryProvider';
 import Logger from './utils/logger';
 import { TypeScriptPluginPathsProvider } from './utils/pluginPathsProvider';
 import { PluginManager } from './utils/plugins';
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ export default class TypeScriptServiceClient extends Disposable implements IType
 	constructor(
 		private readonly workspaceState: vscode.Memento,
 		public readonly pluginManager: PluginManager,
-		private readonly logDirectoryProvider: LogDirectoryProvider,
+		private readonly logDirectoryProvider: ILogDirectoryProvider,
 		allModeIds: readonly string[]
 	) {
 		super();
diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/utils/logDirectoryProvider.electron.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/utils/logDirectoryProvider.electron.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a4c9c3de2bdf16dd916f9758a5057152a1e844e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/utils/logDirectoryProvider.electron.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+ *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as path from 'path';
+import * as vscode from 'vscode';
+import { ILogDirectoryProvider } from './logDirectoryProvider';
+import { memoize } from './memoize';
+
+export class NodeLogDirectoryProvider implements ILogDirectoryProvider {
+	public constructor(
+		private readonly context: vscode.ExtensionContext
+	) { }
+
+	public getNewLogDirectory(): string | undefined {
+		const root = this.logDirectory();
+		if (root) {
+			try {
+				return fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(root, `tsserver-log-`));
+			} catch (e) {
+				return undefined;
+			}
+		}
+		return undefined;
+	}
+
+	@memoize
+	private logDirectory(): string | undefined {
+		try {
+			const path = this.context.logPath;
+			if (!fs.existsSync(path)) {
+				fs.mkdirSync(path);
+			}
+			return this.context.logPath;
+		} catch {
+			return undefined;
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/utils/logDirectoryProvider.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/utils/logDirectoryProvider.ts
index af6886e7043006a3b51fc57a3256b68425ac1a78..75ef2316309fb057fa8a7b23cbacaed9cfd2c3b9 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/utils/logDirectoryProvider.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/utils/logDirectoryProvider.ts
@@ -3,38 +3,12 @@
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-import * as fs from 'fs';
-import * as path from 'path';
-import * as vscode from 'vscode';
-import { memoize } from './memoize';
-
-export default class LogDirectoryProvider {
-	public constructor(
-		private readonly context: vscode.ExtensionContext
-	) { }
+export interface ILogDirectoryProvider {
+	getNewLogDirectory(): string | undefined;
+}
 
-	public getNewLogDirectory(): string | undefined {
-		const root = this.logDirectory();
-		if (root) {
-			try {
-				return fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(root, `tsserver-log-`));
-			} catch (e) {
-				return undefined;
-			}
-		}
+export const noopLogDirectoryProvider = new class implements ILogDirectoryProvider {
+	public getNewLogDirectory(): undefined {
 		return undefined;
 	}
-
-	@memoize
-	private logDirectory(): string | undefined {
-		try {
-			const path = this.context.logPath;
-			if (!fs.existsSync(path)) {
-				fs.mkdirSync(path);
-			}
-			return this.context.logPath;
-		} catch {
-			return undefined;
-		}
-	}
-}
+};