diff --git a/extensions/json-language-features/.vscode/tasks.json b/extensions/json-language-features/.vscode/tasks.json
index 9e5593ade83..390a93a3a7f 100644
--- a/extensions/json-language-features/.vscode/tasks.json
+++ b/extensions/json-language-features/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -1,30 +1,11 @@
-// Available variables which can be used inside of strings.
-// ${workspaceFolder}: the root folder of the team
-// ${file}: the current opened file
-// ${fileBasename}: the current opened file's basename
-// ${fileDirname}: the current opened file's dirname
-// ${fileExtname}: the current opened file's extension
-// ${cwd}: the current working directory of the spawned process
-
-// A task runner that calls a custom npm script that compiles the extension.
 {
-	"version": "0.1.0",
-
-	// we want to run npm
+	"version": "2.0.0",
 	"command": "npm",
-
-	// the command is a shell script
-	"isShellCommand": true,
-
-	// show the output window only if unrecognized errors occur.
-	"showOutput": "silent",
-
-	// we run the custom script "compile" as defined in package.json
+	"type": "shell",
+	"presentation": {
+		"reveal": "silent"
+	},
 	"args": ["run", "compile"],
-
-	// The tsc compiler is started in watching mode
-	"isWatching": true,
-
-	// use the standard tsc in watch mode problem matcher to find compile problems in the output.
+	"isBackground": true,
 	"problemMatcher": "$tsc-watch"
-}
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+}