diff --git a/extensions/emmet/npm-shrinkwrap.json b/extensions/emmet/npm-shrinkwrap.json
index d05e049a4c5873552ac70e2fd758db19aac22f85..d3f6f8d12fbf036a85b3f143694bbbfce6d8f378 100644
--- a/extensions/emmet/npm-shrinkwrap.json
+++ b/extensions/emmet/npm-shrinkwrap.json
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/image-size/-/image-size-0.5.5.tgz"
     },
     "vscode-emmet-helper": {
-      "version": "1.0.12",
-      "from": "vscode-emmet-helper@>=1.0.12 <2.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/vscode-emmet-helper/-/vscode-emmet-helper-1.0.12.tgz"
+      "version": "1.0.13",
+      "from": "vscode-emmet-helper@>=1.0.13 <2.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/vscode-emmet-helper/-/vscode-emmet-helper-1.0.13.tgz"
     },
     "vscode-languageserver-types": {
       "version": "3.3.0",
diff --git a/extensions/emmet/package.json b/extensions/emmet/package.json
index 866c77d69c8ebc5e521188fad65e089765cc47c4..7415c94e07c6deb4d572aea0e0f3872fc6e4ae52 100644
--- a/extensions/emmet/package.json
+++ b/extensions/emmet/package.json
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
         "@emmetio/html-matcher": "^0.3.1",
         "@emmetio/css-parser": "^0.4.0",
         "@emmetio/math-expression": "^0.1.1",
-        "vscode-emmet-helper": "^1.0.12",
+        "vscode-emmet-helper": "^1.0.13",
         "vscode-languageserver-types": "^3.0.3",
         "image-size": "^0.5.2",
         "vscode-nls": "2.0.2"
diff --git a/extensions/emmet/src/abbreviationActions.ts b/extensions/emmet/src/abbreviationActions.ts
index e9a0a636ecd92bb61d470a00dd8c900eaae38c00..1300495162c0662e954ed9d1b673f216c73ce6a3 100644
--- a/extensions/emmet/src/abbreviationActions.ts
+++ b/extensions/emmet/src/abbreviationActions.ts
@@ -134,17 +134,6 @@ export function expandEmmetAbbreviation(args): Thenable<boolean> {
 			}
 		}
 
-		// Dont try to expand abbreviations when cursor is before/after ; or : or in the middle of a word
-		// Fix for https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/1623 in new emmet
-		if (isStyleSheet(syntax) && !/\s!$/.test(textTillPosition)) {
-			const charAtPosition = currentLine.substr(position.character, 1);
-			if (textTillPosition.endsWith(':')
-				|| textTillPosition.endsWith(';')
-				|| (charAtPosition && !/\s/.test(charAtPosition))) {
-				return [null, '', []];
-			}
-		}
-
 		let extractedResults = extractAbbreviation(editor.document, position);
 		if (!extractedResults) {
 			return [null, '', []];
diff --git a/extensions/emmet/src/defaultCompletionProvider.ts b/extensions/emmet/src/defaultCompletionProvider.ts
index 7fd535a341855a42d7a5ee3a8bc147cfcd37f989..28adbadfb7a8ce0088e26d35b089b01798941d2d 100644
--- a/extensions/emmet/src/defaultCompletionProvider.ts
+++ b/extensions/emmet/src/defaultCompletionProvider.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export class DefaultCompletionItemProvider implements vscode.CompletionItemProvi
 
 		let result: vscode.CompletionList = doComplete(document, position, syntax, getEmmetConfiguration());
 		let newItems: vscode.CompletionItem[] = [];
-		if (result.items) {
+		if (result && result.items) {
 			result.items.forEach(item => {
 				let newItem = new vscode.CompletionItem(item.label);
 				newItem.documentation = item.documentation;