diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/features/semanticTokens.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/features/semanticTokens.ts
index ba52d9320a8..78253f1f8c0 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/features/semanticTokens.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/features/semanticTokens.ts
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class DocumentSemanticTokensProvider implements vscode.DocumentSemanticTokensPro
 				builder.push(line, startCharacter, endCharacter - startCharacter, tokenType, tokenModifiers);
 			}
 		}
-		return new vscode.SemanticTokens(builder.build());
+		return builder.build();
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/extensions/vscode-colorize-tests/src/colorizerTestMain.ts b/extensions/vscode-colorize-tests/src/colorizerTestMain.ts
index a014275a7e6..a29a35b1233 100644
--- a/extensions/vscode-colorize-tests/src/colorizerTestMain.ts
+++ b/extensions/vscode-colorize-tests/src/colorizerTestMain.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): any {
 			};
 			jsoncParser.visit(document.getText(), visitor);
 
-			return new vscode.SemanticTokens(builder.build());
+			return builder.build();
 		}
 	};
 
diff --git a/src/vs/vscode.proposed.d.ts b/src/vs/vscode.proposed.d.ts
index 1babb3fe2e5..41007c4d8cb 100644
--- a/src/vs/vscode.proposed.d.ts
+++ b/src/vs/vscode.proposed.d.ts
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ declare module 'vscode' {
 	export class SemanticTokensBuilder {
 		constructor();
 		push(line: number, char: number, length: number, tokenType: number, tokenModifiers: number): void;
-		build(): Uint32Array;
+		build(resultId?: string): SemanticTokens;
 	}
 
 	export class SemanticTokens {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostTypes.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostTypes.ts
index 574e166b8e2..30fa6700356 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostTypes.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostTypes.ts
@@ -2462,8 +2462,8 @@ export class SemanticTokensBuilder {
 		this._prevChar = char;
 	}
 
-	public build(): Uint32Array {
-		return new Uint32Array(this._data);
+	public build(resultId?: string): SemanticTokens {
+		return new SemanticTokens(new Uint32Array(this._data), resultId);
 	}
 }