diff --git a/src/vs/base/common/filters.ts b/src/vs/base/common/filters.ts
index 76bb974d5678b34bc8b39c2c2b288e7953b29957..ea24c82b02c8565517af46f1089784db8951cdf7 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/common/filters.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/common/filters.ts
@@ -362,25 +362,6 @@ export function matchesFuzzy2(pattern: string, word: string): IMatch[] | null {
 	return score ? createMatches(score) : null;
 }
 
-export function anyScore(pattern: string, lowPattern: string, _patternPos: number, word: string, lowWord: string, _wordPos: number): FuzzyScore {
-	const result = fuzzyScore(pattern, lowPattern, 0, word, lowWord, 0, true);
-	if (result) {
-		return result;
-	}
-	let matches = 0;
-	let score = 0;
-	let idx = _wordPos;
-	for (let patternPos = 0; patternPos < lowPattern.length && patternPos < _maxLen; ++patternPos) {
-		const wordPos = lowWord.indexOf(lowPattern.charAt(patternPos), idx);
-		if (wordPos >= 0) {
-			score += 1;
-			matches += 2 ** wordPos;
-			idx = wordPos + 1;
-		}
-	}
-	return [score, matches, _wordPos];
-}
-
 //#region --- fuzzyScore ---
 
 export function createMatches(score: undefined | FuzzyScore): IMatch[] {
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/contrib/suggest/completionModel.ts b/src/vs/editor/contrib/suggest/completionModel.ts
index 177df2a9d278c93c1c8247cffcd8ced840fa5725..31a8b92e750524f47cbeb0d7e72c0b40ce54ec72 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/contrib/suggest/completionModel.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/contrib/suggest/completionModel.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-import { fuzzyScore, fuzzyScoreGracefulAggressive, anyScore, FuzzyScorer, FuzzyScore } from 'vs/base/common/filters';
+import { fuzzyScore, fuzzyScoreGracefulAggressive, FuzzyScorer, FuzzyScore } from 'vs/base/common/filters';
 import { isDisposable } from 'vs/base/common/lifecycle';
 import { CompletionList, CompletionItemProvider, CompletionItemKind } from 'vs/editor/common/modes';
 import { CompletionItem } from './suggest';
@@ -220,7 +220,9 @@ export class CompletionModel {
 						// filterText and label are actually the same -> use good highlights
 						item.score = match;
 					} else {
-						item.score = anyScore(word, wordLow, 0, item.completion.label, item.labelLow, 0);
+						// re-run the scorer on the label in the hope of a result BUT use the rank
+						// of the filterText-match
+						item.score = scoreFn(word, wordLow, wordPos, item.completion.label, item.labelLow, 0, false) || FuzzyScore.Default;
 						item.score[0] = match[0]; // use score from filterText
 					}