diff --git a/extensions/typescript/src/features/taskProvider.ts b/extensions/typescript/src/features/taskProvider.ts
index 4f64dff5c4145f6a39eea1816c38be1378c7e9a0..bf14526a810b1fc0c617cf3e7fad89c322a5ce27 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript/src/features/taskProvider.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript/src/features/taskProvider.ts
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ class TscTaskProvider implements vscode.TaskProvider {
 		this.tsconfigProvider = new TsConfigProvider();
 	}
 
-	dispose() {
-		this.tsconfigProvider.dispose();
-	}
-
 	public async provideTasks(token: vscode.CancellationToken): Promise<vscode.Task[]> {
 		const folders = vscode.workspace.workspaceFolders;
 		if (!folders || !folders.length) {
diff --git a/extensions/typescript/src/utils/tsconfigProvider.ts b/extensions/typescript/src/utils/tsconfigProvider.ts
index ef69aab5e30b83ff34b95c18af52e049f757a271..851786d29cd040de07522d0ecdeac98b64317966 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript/src/utils/tsconfigProvider.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript/src/utils/tsconfigProvider.ts
@@ -9,70 +9,21 @@ export interface TSConfig {
 	workspaceFolder?: vscode.WorkspaceFolder;
 }
 
-const tsconfigGlob = '**/tsconfig*.json';
-
-export default class TsConfigProvider extends vscode.Disposable {
-	private readonly tsconfigs = new Map<string, TSConfig>();
-
-	private activated: boolean = false;
-	private disposables: vscode.Disposable[] = [];
-
-	constructor() {
-		super(() => this.dispose());
-	}
-
-	dispose(): void {
-		this.disposables.forEach(d => d.dispose());
-	}
-
+export default class TsConfigProvider {
 	public async getConfigsForWorkspace(): Promise<Iterable<TSConfig>> {
 		if (!vscode.workspace.workspaceFolders) {
 			return [];
 		}
-		await this.ensureActivated();
-		return this.tsconfigs.values();
-	}
-
-	private async ensureActivated(): Promise<this> {
-		if (this.activated) {
-			return this;
+		const configs = new Map<string, TSConfig>();
+		for (const config of await vscode.workspace.findFiles('**/tsconfig*.json', '**/node_modules/**')) {
+			const root = vscode.workspace.getWorkspaceFolder(config);
+			if (root) {
+				configs.set(config.fsPath, {
+					path: config.fsPath,
+					workspaceFolder: root
+				});
+			}
 		}
-		this.activated = true;
-
-		await this.reloadWorkspaceConfigs();
-
-		const configFileWatcher = vscode.workspace.createFileSystemWatcher(tsconfigGlob);
-		this.disposables.push(configFileWatcher);
-		configFileWatcher.onDidCreate(this.handleProjectUpdate, this, this.disposables);
-		configFileWatcher.onDidChange(this.handleProjectUpdate, this, this.disposables);
-		configFileWatcher.onDidDelete(this.handleProjectDelete, this, this.disposables);
-
-		vscode.workspace.onDidChangeWorkspaceFolders(() => {
-			this.reloadWorkspaceConfigs();
-		}, this, this.disposables);
-
-		return this;
-	}
-
-	private async reloadWorkspaceConfigs(): Promise<this> {
-		this.tsconfigs.clear();
-		for (const config of await vscode.workspace.findFiles(tsconfigGlob, '**/node_modules/**')) {
-			this.handleProjectUpdate(config);
-		}
-		return this;
-	}
-
-	private handleProjectUpdate(config: vscode.Uri) {
-		const root = vscode.workspace.getWorkspaceFolder(config);
-		if (root) {
-			this.tsconfigs.set(config.fsPath, {
-				path: config.fsPath,
-				workspaceFolder: root
-			});
-		}
-	}
-
-	private handleProjectDelete(e: vscode.Uri) {
-		this.tsconfigs.delete(e.fsPath);
+		return configs.values();
 	}
 }