diff --git a/eslint.config.js b/eslint.config.js
index e07e9566078..fa46b691f44 100644
--- a/eslint.config.js
+++ b/eslint.config.js
@@ -239,7 +239,6 @@ export default tseslint.config(
 			'src/vs/platform/contextkey/browser/contextKeyService.ts',
 			'src/vs/platform/contextkey/test/common/scanner.test.ts',
 			'src/vs/platform/dataChannel/browser/forwardingTelemetryService.ts',
-			'src/vs/platform/externalTerminal/node/externalTerminalService.ts',
 			'src/vs/platform/hover/browser/hoverService.ts',
 			'src/vs/platform/hover/browser/hoverWidget.ts',
 			'src/vs/platform/instantiation/common/instantiationService.ts',
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/externalTerminal/node/externalTerminalService.ts b/src/vs/platform/externalTerminal/node/externalTerminalService.ts
index ca6c82b31d7..0eaaf4b885d 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/externalTerminal/node/externalTerminalService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/externalTerminal/node/externalTerminalService.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export class WindowsExternalTerminalService extends ExternalTerminalService impl
 	}
 
 	public async runInTerminal(title: string, dir: string, args: string[], envVars: ITerminalEnvironment, settings: IExternalTerminalSettings): Promise<number | undefined> {
-		const exec = 'windowsExec' in settings && settings.windowsExec ? settings.windowsExec : WindowsExternalTerminalService.getDefaultTerminalWindows();
+		const exec = settings.windowsExec ?? WindowsExternalTerminalService.getDefaultTerminalWindows();
 		const wt = await WindowsExternalTerminalService.getWtExePath();
 
 		return new Promise<number | undefined>((resolve, reject) => {
@@ -348,8 +348,8 @@ function getSanitizedEnvironment(process: NodeJS.Process) {
  * tries to turn OS errors into more meaningful error messages
  */
 function improveError(err: Error & { errno?: string; path?: string }): Error {
-	if ('errno' in err && err['errno'] === 'ENOENT' && 'path' in err && typeof err['path'] === 'string') {
-		return new Error(nls.localize('ext.term.app.not.found', "can't find terminal application '{0}'", err['path']));
+	if (err.errno === 'ENOENT' && err.path) {
+		return new Error(nls.localize('ext.term.app.not.found', "can't find terminal application '{0}'", err.path));
 	}
 	return err;
 }