diff --git a/src/vs/platform/environment/node/argv.ts b/src/vs/platform/environment/node/argv.ts
index ed9549be9c45dda61498cc770633d114c5aaecea..dc90930ecbeabcf5a22bdac4380d78835949dc11 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/environment/node/argv.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/environment/node/argv.ts
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ export function parseArgs(args: string[], isOptionSupported = (_: Option) => tru
 			delete parsedArgs[o.deprecates];
 		}
 	}
+
+	// https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/58177
+	parsedArgs._ = parsedArgs._.filter(arg => arg.length > 0);
+
 	return parsedArgs;
 }