diff --git a/src/vs/platform/configuration/common/configurationRegistry.ts b/src/vs/platform/configuration/common/configurationRegistry.ts
index 033f45017662389edc24da6f977efa03692132af..518898d9d8552119c5fa40f72612db5c6a4863b4 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/configuration/common/configurationRegistry.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/configuration/common/configurationRegistry.ts
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class ConfigurationRegistry implements IConfigurationRegistry {
 	}
 
 	public notifyConfigurationSchemaUpdated(configuration: IConfigurationNode) {
-		contributionRegistry.registerSchema(editorConfigurationSchemaId, this.editorConfigurationSchema);
+		contributionRegistry.notifySchemaChanged(editorConfigurationSchemaId);
 	}
 
 	public registerOverrideIdentifiers(overrideIdentifiers: string[]): void {
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/jsonschemas/common/jsonContributionRegistry.ts b/src/vs/platform/jsonschemas/common/jsonContributionRegistry.ts
index b9c921d4505c7788bd06a46eb2bd056c68660eac..94fcaf6894974852ed3313a8f69eac1caa2793cd 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/jsonschemas/common/jsonContributionRegistry.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/jsonschemas/common/jsonContributionRegistry.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ export interface IJSONContributionRegistry {
 	 */
 	registerSchema(uri: string, unresolvedSchemaContent: IJSONSchema): void;
 
+
+	/**
+	 * Notifies all listeneres that the content of the given schema has changed.
+	 * @param uri The id of the schema
+	 */
+	notifySchemaChanged(uri: string): void;
+
 	/**
 	 * Get all schemas
 	 */
@@ -60,6 +67,10 @@ class JSONContributionRegistry implements IJSONContributionRegistry {
 		this._onDidChangeSchema.fire(uri);
 	}
 
+	public notifySchemaChanged(uri: string): void {
+		this._onDidChangeSchema.fire(uri);
+	}
+
 	public getSchemaContributions(): ISchemaContributions {
 		return {
 			schemas: this.schemasById,