diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8b660bca986..6d7aefa2974 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
     "@types/mocha": "2.2.39",
     "@types/node": "^12.11.7",
     "@types/sinon": "^1.16.36",
+    "@types/vscode-windows-registry": "^1.0.0",
     "@types/webpack": "^4.4.10",
     "@types/windows-foreground-love": "^0.3.0",
     "@types/windows-mutex": "^0.4.0",
diff --git a/src/typings/vscode-windows-registry.d.ts b/src/typings/vscode-windows-registry.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9be14daa4b2..00000000000
--- a/src/typings/vscode-windows-registry.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
- *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
- *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-
-declare module 'vscode-windows-registry' {
-	export type HKEY = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" | "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" | "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" | "HKEY_USERS" | "HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG";
-	export function GetStringRegKey(hive: HKEY, path: string, name: string): string | undefined;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 687f0af9b44..22634955751 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -167,16 +167,16 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-10.12.21.tgz#7e8a0c34cf29f4e17a36e9bd0ea72d45ba03908e"
   integrity sha512-CBgLNk4o3XMnqMc0rhb6lc77IwShMEglz05deDcn2lQxyXEZivfwgYJu7SMha9V5XcrP6qZuevTHV/QrN2vjKQ==
 
-"@types/node@^12.11.7":
-  version "12.12.14"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-12.12.14.tgz#1c1d6e3c75dba466e0326948d56e8bd72a1903d2"
-  integrity sha512-u/SJDyXwuihpwjXy7hOOghagLEV1KdAST6syfnOk6QZAMzZuWZqXy5aYYZbh8Jdpd4escVFP0MvftHNDb9pruA==
-
 "@types/node@^10.12.18":
   version "10.17.9"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-10.17.9.tgz#4f251a1ed77ac7ef09d456247d67fc8173f6b9da"
   integrity sha512-+6VygF9LbG7Gaqeog2G7u1+RUcmo0q1rI+2ZxdIg2fAUngk5Vz9fOCHXdloNUOHEPd1EuuOpL5O0CdgN9Fx5UQ==
 
+"@types/node@^12.11.7":
+  version "12.12.14"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-12.12.14.tgz#1c1d6e3c75dba466e0326948d56e8bd72a1903d2"
+  integrity sha512-u/SJDyXwuihpwjXy7hOOghagLEV1KdAST6syfnOk6QZAMzZuWZqXy5aYYZbh8Jdpd4escVFP0MvftHNDb9pruA==
+
 "@types/semver@^5.4.0", "@types/semver@^5.5.0":
   version "5.5.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/semver/-/semver-5.5.0.tgz#146c2a29ee7d3bae4bf2fcb274636e264c813c45"
@@ -199,6 +199,11 @@
   dependencies:
     source-map "^0.6.1"
 
+"@types/vscode-windows-registry@^1.0.0":
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/vscode-windows-registry/-/vscode-windows-registry-1.0.0.tgz#333eea7fd5743fa4c99dff13af16de2c08a586d0"
+  integrity sha512-gyq9tIMbxry5GL2gY7J30E6R3EUx0cAin/k3wfsQez4C5uDWVJmJw142x6KFXtYX7xYQL/IXmm4cRqi4ghg05A==
+
 "@types/webpack@^4.4.10":
   version "4.4.10"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/webpack/-/webpack-4.4.10.tgz#2ecf12589142bc531549140612815b7d8b076358"