diff --git a/src/vs/platform/label/common/label.ts b/src/vs/platform/label/common/label.ts
index 8de1893da38..a003d9d1dd1 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/label/common/label.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/label/common/label.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { IDisposable } from 'vs/base/common/lifecycle';
 import { Event } from 'vs/base/common/event';
 import { IWorkspace } from 'vs/platform/workspace/common/workspace';
 import { createDecorator } from 'vs/platform/instantiation/common/instantiation';
-import { basenameOrAuthority } from 'vs/base/common/resources';
+import { basename as resourceBasename } from 'vs/base/common/resources';
 import { isLinux } from 'vs/base/common/platform';
 import { IWorkspaceIdentifier, ISingleFolderWorkspaceIdentifier, isSingleFolderWorkspaceIdentifier, WORKSPACE_EXTENSION } from 'vs/platform/workspaces/common/workspaces';
 import { localize } from 'vs/nls';
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const LABEL_SERVICE_ID = 'label';
 
 export function getSimpleWorkspaceLabel(workspace: IWorkspaceIdentifier | URI, workspaceHome: string): string {
 	if (isSingleFolderWorkspaceIdentifier(workspace)) {
-		return basenameOrAuthority(workspace);
+		return resourceBasename(workspace);
 	}
 	// Workspace: Untitled
 	if (isParent(workspace.configPath, workspaceHome, !isLinux /* ignore case */)) {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/label/common/labelService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/label/common/labelService.ts
index 146c7bd4b9d..d3fd3ea2945 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/label/common/labelService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/label/common/labelService.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { IDisposable } from 'vs/base/common/lifecycle';
 import { Event, Emitter } from 'vs/base/common/event';
 import { IEnvironmentService } from 'vs/platform/environment/common/environment';
 import { IWorkspaceContextService, IWorkspace } from 'vs/platform/workspace/common/workspace';
-import { isEqual, basenameOrAuthority } from 'vs/base/common/resources';
+import { isEqual, basenameOrAuthority, basename as resourceBasename } from 'vs/base/common/resources';
 import { isLinux, isWindows } from 'vs/base/common/platform';
 import { tildify, getPathLabel } from 'vs/base/common/labels';
 import { ltrim, startsWith } from 'vs/base/common/strings';
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export class LabelService implements ILabelService {
 		if (isSingleFolderWorkspaceIdentifier(workspace)) {
 			// Folder on disk
 			const formatter = this.findFormatter(workspace);
-			const label = options && options.verbose ? this.getUriLabel(workspace) : basenameOrAuthority(workspace);
+			const label = options && options.verbose ? this.getUriLabel(workspace) : resourceBasename(workspace);
 			if (workspace.scheme === Schemas.file) {
 				return label;
 			}