diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/features/jsDocCompletions.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/features/jsDocCompletions.ts
index 03feee6a334..80b0e219705 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/features/jsDocCompletions.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/features/jsDocCompletions.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class JsDocCompletionItem extends vscode.CompletionItem {
 		const suffix = line.slice(position.character).match(/^\s*\**\//);
 		const start = position.translate(0, prefix ? -prefix[0].length : 0);
 		const range = new vscode.Range(start, position.translate(0, suffix ? suffix[0].length : 0));
-		this.range = <any>{ inserting: range, replacing: range };
+		this.range = { inserting: range, replacing: range };
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/typings/ref.d.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/typings/ref.d.ts
index c9849d48e08..43a9cadf250 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/typings/ref.d.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/typings/ref.d.ts
@@ -3,5 +3,4 @@
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-/// <reference path='../../../../src/vs/vscode.d.ts'/>
 /// <reference path='../../../../src/vs/vscode.proposed.d.ts'/>
diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/tsconfig.json b/extensions/typescript-language-features/tsconfig.json
index d83a0817920..7a2eafbfa84 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/tsconfig.json
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/tsconfig.json
@@ -2,9 +2,16 @@
 	"extends": "../shared.tsconfig.json",
 	"compilerOptions": {
 		"outDir": "./out",
-		"experimentalDecorators": true
+		"experimentalDecorators": true,
+		// https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/31869#issuecomment-515167432
+		"baseUrl": "src/\u0000",
+		"paths": {
+			"vscode": [
+				"../../../../src/vs/vscode.d.ts"
+			]
+		}
 	},
 	"include": [
 		"src/**/*"
 	]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}