diff --git a/remote/package.json b/remote/package.json
index 57710a189ba..39263d21528 100644
--- a/remote/package.json
+++ b/remote/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "vscode-reh",
   "version": "0.0.0",
+  "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
     "applicationinsights": "1.0.8",
     "chokidar": "3.4.3",
diff --git a/remote/web/package.json b/remote/web/package.json
index 09ecb81a3da..35b2bd96500 100644
--- a/remote/web/package.json
+++ b/remote/web/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"name": "vscode-web",
 	"version": "0.0.0",
+	"private": true,
 	"dependencies": {
 		"iconv-lite-umd": "0.6.8",
 		"jschardet": "2.2.1",