diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/debug/browser/repl.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/debug/browser/repl.ts
index 93db72f14395a50ea88900f1a8e44405478232b5..58e44a25ad6642bfe49722238d91fd57cebe6982 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/debug/browser/repl.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/debug/browser/repl.ts
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ export class Repl extends ViewPane implements IHistoryNavigationWidget {
 				this.instantiationService.createInstance(ReplVariablesRenderer, linkDetector),
 				this.instantiationService.createInstance(ReplSimpleElementsRenderer, linkDetector),
 				new ReplEvaluationInputsRenderer(),
-				new ReplGroupRenderer(),
+				this.instantiationService.createInstance(ReplGroupRenderer, linkDetector),
 				new ReplEvaluationResultsRenderer(linkDetector),
 				new ReplRawObjectsRenderer(linkDetector),
 			],
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/debug/browser/replViewer.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/debug/browser/replViewer.ts
index 0d432417fcf217fc1c4f6f092af9c6cc70b48c7e..01614150f9e9acaf92206066278c090532906dd9 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/debug/browser/replViewer.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/debug/browser/replViewer.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ interface IReplEvaluationInputTemplateData {
 }
 
 interface IReplGroupTemplateData {
-	label: HighlightedLabel;
+	label: HTMLElement;
 }
 
 interface IReplEvaluationResultTemplateData {
@@ -87,22 +87,28 @@ export class ReplEvaluationInputsRenderer implements ITreeRenderer<ReplEvaluatio
 export class ReplGroupRenderer implements ITreeRenderer<ReplGroup, FuzzyScore, IReplGroupTemplateData> {
 	static readonly ID = 'replGroup';
 
+	constructor(
+		private readonly linkDetector: LinkDetector,
+		@IThemeService private readonly themeService: IThemeService
+	) { }
+
 	get templateId(): string {
 		return ReplGroupRenderer.ID;
 	}
 
-	renderTemplate(container: HTMLElement): IReplEvaluationInputTemplateData {
-		const input = dom.append(container, $('.expression'));
-		const label = new HighlightedLabel(input, false);
+	renderTemplate(container: HTMLElement): IReplGroupTemplateData {
+		const label = dom.append(container, $('.expression'));
 		return { label };
 	}
 
 	renderElement(element: ITreeNode<ReplGroup, FuzzyScore>, _index: number, templateData: IReplGroupTemplateData): void {
 		const replGroup = element.element;
-		templateData.label.set(replGroup.name, createMatches(element.filterData));
+		dom.clearNode(templateData.label);
+		const result = handleANSIOutput(replGroup.name, this.linkDetector, this.themeService, undefined);
+		templateData.label.appendChild(result);
 	}
 
-	disposeTemplate(_templateData: IReplEvaluationInputTemplateData): void {
+	disposeTemplate(_templateData: IReplGroupTemplateData): void {
 		// noop
 	}
 }