diff --git a/build/gulpfile.vscode.js b/build/gulpfile.vscode.js
index 0d0a7c71ea3..274e4359525 100644
--- a/build/gulpfile.vscode.js
+++ b/build/gulpfile.vscode.js
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ function packageTask(platform, arch, opts) {
 			'extensions/**',
 			'!extensions/*/src/**',
 			'!extensions/*/out/**/test/**',
+			'!extensions/*/node_modules/**', // remove this asap, need to ignore dev dependencies
 			'!extensions/typescript/bin/**'
 		], { base: '.' });