diff --git a/extensions/vscode-api-tests/.vscodeignore b/extensions/vscode-api-tests/.vscodeignore
index bf8da5ca33e22144afa14c10674f0a65f517b5d0..d9d9698a3171bacd5dd07e605af9cddf51959648 100644
--- a/extensions/vscode-api-tests/.vscodeignore
+++ b/extensions/vscode-api-tests/.vscodeignore
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 .vscode/**
 typings/**
-out/test/**
-test/**
 **/*.ts
 **/*.map
 .gitignore
 tsconfig.json
-vsc-extension-quickstart.md
diff --git a/extensions/vscode-api-tests/README.md b/extensions/vscode-api-tests/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 7263e355bc68984a7fddbbcd33b48b4335501a6d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/extensions/vscode-api-tests/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-# README
-## This is the README for your extension "vscode-api-tests" 
--------------------
-You can author your README using Visual Studio Code.  Here are some useful editor keyboard shortcuts:
-
-* Split the editor (`Cmd+\` on OSX or `Ctrl+\` on Windows and Linux)
-* Toggle preview (`Shift+CMD+V` on OSX or `Shift+Ctrl+V` on Windows and Linux)
-* Press `Ctrl+Space` (Windows, Linux) or `Cmd+Space` (OSX) to see a list of Markdown snippets
-
-### For more information
-* [Visual Studio Code's Markdown Support](http://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/markdown)
-* [Markdown Syntax Reference](https://help.github.com/articles/markdown-basics/)
-
-** Enjoy!**
diff --git a/extensions/vscode-api-tests/package.json b/extensions/vscode-api-tests/package.json
index 0b1021c72d3a38ec962d4b788a2ec0e93a8c324b..e69be343c0e1deef89aa9ae15ab177f88a632e7a 100644
--- a/extensions/vscode-api-tests/package.json
+++ b/extensions/vscode-api-tests/package.json
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 {
 	"name": "vscode-api-tests",
-	"description": "",
+	"description": "API tests for VS Code",
 	"version": "0.0.1",
-	"publisher": "vscode",
+	"private": true,
 	"engines": {
 		"vscode": "*"
 	},
-	"scripts": {
-		"vscode:prepublish": "node ../../node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp.js --gulpfile ../../gulpfile.plugins.js compile-plugin:vscode-api-tests ./tsconfig.json"
-	},
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"vscode": "next"
 	}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8d66870c8095e2a841ae35715faca789b442dc58..f546c788b1eb8be4505f3232494b329af1e93a9f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	},
 	"scripts": {
 		"test": "node node_modules/mocha/bin/_mocha",
-		"postinstall": "npm --prefix extensions/csharp-o/ install extensions/csharp-o/"
+		"postinstall": "npm --prefix extensions/csharp-o/ install extensions/csharp-o/ && npm --prefix extensions/vscode-api-tests/ install extensions/vscode-api-tests/"
 	},
 	"dependencies": {
 		"applicationinsights": "0.15.6",