diff --git a/src/vs/editor/browser/services/openerService.ts b/src/vs/editor/browser/services/openerService.ts
index 98f9ba4de1b..ffb075f20b5 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/browser/services/openerService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/browser/services/openerService.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { URI } from 'vs/base/common/uri';
 import { ICodeEditorService } from 'vs/editor/browser/services/codeEditorService';
 import { ICommandService } from 'vs/platform/commands/common/commands';
 import { EditorOpenContext } from 'vs/platform/editor/common/editor';
-import { IExternalOpener, IExternalUriResolver, IOpener, IOpenerService, IResolvedExternalUri, IValidator, matchesScheme, OpenOptions, ResolveExternalUriOptions } from 'vs/platform/opener/common/opener';
+import { IExternalOpener, IExternalUriResolver, IOpener, IOpenerService, IResolvedExternalUri, IValidator, matchesScheme, matchesSomeScheme, OpenOptions, ResolveExternalUriOptions } from 'vs/platform/opener/common/opener';
 
 class CommandOpener implements IOpener {
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export class OpenerService implements IOpenerService {
 				// to not trigger a navigation. Any other link is
 				// safe to be set as HREF to prevent a blank window
 				// from opening.
-				if (matchesScheme(href, Schemas.http) || matchesScheme(href, Schemas.https)) {
+				if (matchesSomeScheme(href, Schemas.http, Schemas.https)) {
 					dom.windowOpenNoOpener(href);
 				} else {
 					window.location.href = href;
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ export class OpenerService implements IOpenerService {
 		// Default opener: any external, maito, http(s), command, and catch-all-editors
 		this._openers.push({
 			open: async (target: URI | string, options?: OpenOptions) => {
-				if (options?.openExternal || matchesScheme(target, Schemas.mailto) || matchesScheme(target, Schemas.http) || matchesScheme(target, Schemas.https) || matchesScheme(target, Schemas.vsls)) {
+				if (options?.openExternal || matchesSomeScheme(target, Schemas.mailto, Schemas.http, Schemas.https, Schemas.vsls)) {
 					// open externally
 					await this._doOpenExternal(target, options);
 					return true;
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/test/browser/services/openerService.test.ts b/src/vs/editor/test/browser/services/openerService.test.ts
index fe11e474509..af745652c97 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/test/browser/services/openerService.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/test/browser/services/openerService.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { OpenerService } from 'vs/editor/browser/services/openerService';
 import { TestCodeEditorService } from 'vs/editor/test/browser/editorTestServices';
 import { CommandsRegistry, ICommandService, NullCommandService } from 'vs/platform/commands/common/commands';
 import { ITextEditorOptions } from 'vs/platform/editor/common/editor';
-import { matchesScheme } from 'vs/platform/opener/common/opener';
+import { matchesScheme, matchesSomeScheme } from 'vs/platform/opener/common/opener';
 
 suite('OpenerService', function () {
 	const editorService = new TestCodeEditorService();
@@ -247,6 +247,12 @@ suite('OpenerService', function () {
 		assert.ok(!matchesScheme(URI.parse('z://microsoft.com'), 'http'));
 	});
 
+	test('matchesSomeScheme', function () {
+		assert.ok(matchesSomeScheme('https://microsoft.com', 'http', 'https'));
+		assert.ok(matchesSomeScheme('http://microsoft.com', 'http', 'https'));
+		assert.ok(!matchesSomeScheme('x://microsoft.com', 'http', 'https'));
+	});
+
 	test('resolveExternalUri', async function () {
 		const openerService = new OpenerService(editorService, NullCommandService);
 
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/opener/common/opener.ts b/src/vs/platform/opener/common/opener.ts
index fad7d23c761..ea79903e8a9 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/opener/common/opener.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/opener/common/opener.ts
@@ -125,10 +125,14 @@ export const NullOpenerService = Object.freeze({
 	async resolveExternalUri(uri: URI) { return { resolved: uri, dispose() { } }; },
 } as IOpenerService);
 
-export function matchesScheme(target: URI | string, scheme: string) {
+export function matchesScheme(target: URI | string, scheme: string): boolean {
 	if (URI.isUri(target)) {
 		return equalsIgnoreCase(target.scheme, scheme);
 	} else {
 		return startsWithIgnoreCase(target, scheme + ':');
 	}
 }
+
+export function matchesSomeScheme(target: URI | string, ...schemes: string[]): boolean {
+	return schemes.some(scheme => matchesScheme(target, scheme));
+}