diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/package.nls.json b/extensions/typescript-language-features/package.nls.json
index e0dff4cac70..1c8f7513e6c 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/package.nls.json
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/package.nls.json
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 	"configuration.suggest.paths": "Enable/disable suggestions for paths in import statements and require calls.",
 	"configuration.tsserver.useSeparateSyntaxServer": "Enable/disable spawning a separate TypeScript server that can more quickly respond to syntax related operations, such as calculating folding or computing document symbols. Requires using TypeScript 3.4.0 or newer in the workspace.",
 	"configuration.tsserver.maxTsServerMemory": "Set the maximum amount of memory (in MB) to allocate to the TypeScript server process",
-	"configuration.tsserver.experimental.enableProjectDiagnostics": "(Experimental) Enables project wide error reporting. Requires using TypeScript 3.8 or newer in the workspace.",
+	"configuration.tsserver.experimental.enableProjectDiagnostics": "(Experimental) Enables project wide error reporting.",
 	"typescript.locale": "Sets the locale used to report JavaScript and TypeScript errors. Requires using TypeScript 2.6.0 or newer in the workspace. Default of `null` uses VS Code's locale.",
 	"javascript.implicitProjectConfig.experimentalDecorators": "Enable/disable `experimentalDecorators` for JavaScript files that are not part of a project. Existing jsconfig.json or tsconfig.json files override this setting. Requires using TypeScript 2.3.1 or newer in the workspace.",
 	"configuration.suggest.autoImports": "Enable/disable auto import suggestions. Requires using TypeScript 2.6.1 or newer in the workspace.",
diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/tsServer/spawner.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/tsServer/spawner.ts
index 307c0161096..89e4261fb05 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/tsServer/spawner.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/tsServer/spawner.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export class TypeScriptServerSpawner {
 			primaryServer = this.spawnTsServer(ServerKind.Main, version, configuration, pluginManager);
 		}
 
-		if (this.shouldUseSeparateDiagnosticsServer(version, configuration)) {
+		if (this.shouldUseSeparateDiagnosticsServer(configuration)) {
 			return new GetErrRoutingTsServer({
 				getErr: this.spawnTsServer(ServerKind.Diagnostics, version, configuration, pluginManager),
 				primary: primaryServer,
@@ -71,10 +71,9 @@ export class TypeScriptServerSpawner {
 	}
 
 	private shouldUseSeparateDiagnosticsServer(
-		version: TypeScriptVersion,
 		configuration: TypeScriptServiceConfiguration,
 	): boolean {
-		return configuration.enableProjectDiagnostics && !!version.apiVersion && version.apiVersion.gte(API.v380);
+		return configuration.enableProjectDiagnostics;
 	}
 
 	private spawnTsServer(