diff --git a/extensions/npm/src/npmView.ts b/extensions/npm/src/npmView.ts
index e21f18a2101..4bc361b09a6 100644
--- a/extensions/npm/src/npmView.ts
+++ b/extensions/npm/src/npmView.ts
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ export class NpmScriptsTreeDataProvider implements TreeDataProvider<TreeItem> {
 	private buildTaskTree(tasks: Task[]): Folder[] | PackageJSON[] | NoScripts[] {
 		let folders: Map<String, Folder> = new Map();
 		let packages: Map<String, PackageJSON> = new Map();
+		let scripts: Map<String, NpmScript> = new Map();
 
 		let folder = null;
 		let packageJson = null;
@@ -334,8 +335,12 @@ export class NpmScriptsTreeDataProvider implements TreeDataProvider<TreeItem> {
 					folder.addPackage(packageJson);
 					packages.set(fullPath, packageJson);
 				}
-				let script = new NpmScript(this.extensionContext, packageJson, each);
-				packageJson.addScript(script);
+				let fullScriptPath = path.join(packageJson.path, each.name);
+				if (!scripts.get(fullScriptPath)) {
+					let script = new NpmScript(this.extensionContext, packageJson, each);
+					packageJson.addScript(script);
+					scripts.set(fullScriptPath, script);
+				}
 			}
 		});
 		if (folders.size === 1) {