diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/features/task.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/features/task.ts
index e819a1c092b1b8794d28b31576bd09de4b3db520..d1065320229aea82217ae561cd06252e1a958434 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/features/task.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/features/task.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-'use strict';
-
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';