diff --git a/extensions/emmet/package.json b/extensions/emmet/package.json
index ed8e8ea9f87..6342dba74f1 100644
--- a/extensions/emmet/package.json
+++ b/extensions/emmet/package.json
@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@
                     "description": "%emmetExclude%"
                 },
                 "emmet.extensionsPath": {
-                    "type": "string",
+                    "type": [
+                        "string",
+                        "null"
+                      ],
                     "default": null,
                     "description": "%emmetExtensionsPath%"
                 },
diff --git a/extensions/git/package.json b/extensions/git/package.json
index d801ec64f97..3e049ddd7e5 100644
--- a/extensions/git/package.json
+++ b/extensions/git/package.json
@@ -1367,7 +1367,10 @@
           "default": false
         },
         "git.defaultCloneDirectory": {
-          "type": "string",
+          "type": [
+            "string",
+            "null"
+          ],
           "default": null,
           "description": "%config.defaultCloneDirectory%"
         },