diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostLanguageFeatures.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostLanguageFeatures.ts
index ab6dbb99bac..a438b79f332 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostLanguageFeatures.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostLanguageFeatures.ts
@@ -1770,7 +1770,8 @@ export class ExtHostLanguageFeatures implements extHostProtocol.ExtHostLanguageF
 		ctor: { new(...args: any[]): A },
 		callback: (adapter: A, extension: IExtensionDescription) => Promise<R>,
 		fallbackValue: R,
-		tokenToRaceAgainst: CancellationToken | undefined
+		tokenToRaceAgainst: CancellationToken | undefined,
+		doNotLog: boolean = false
 	): Promise<R> {
 		const data = this._adapter.get(handle);
 		if (!data || !(data.adapter instanceof ctor)) {
@@ -1778,7 +1779,9 @@ export class ExtHostLanguageFeatures implements extHostProtocol.ExtHostLanguageF
 		}
 
 		const t1: number = Date.now();
-		this._logService.trace(`[${data.extension.identifier.value}] INVOKE provider '${callback.toString().replace(/[\r\n]/g, '')}'`);
+		if (!doNotLog) {
+			this._logService.trace(`[${data.extension.identifier.value}] INVOKE provider '${callback.toString().replace(/[\r\n]/g, '')}'`);
+		}
 
 		const result = callback(data.adapter, data.extension);
 
@@ -1789,7 +1792,9 @@ export class ExtHostLanguageFeatures implements extHostProtocol.ExtHostLanguageF
 				this._logService.error(err);
 			}
 		}).finally(() => {
-			this._logService.trace(`[${data.extension.identifier.value}] provider DONE after ${Date.now() - t1}ms`);
+			if (!doNotLog) {
+				this._logService.trace(`[${data.extension.identifier.value}] provider DONE after ${Date.now() - t1}ms`);
+			}
 		});
 
 		if (CancellationToken.isCancellationToken(tokenToRaceAgainst)) {
@@ -2222,15 +2227,15 @@ export class ExtHostLanguageFeatures implements extHostProtocol.ExtHostLanguageF
 	}
 
 	$provideDocumentLinks(handle: number, resource: UriComponents, token: CancellationToken): Promise<extHostProtocol.ILinksListDto | undefined> {
-		return this._withAdapter(handle, LinkProviderAdapter, adapter => adapter.provideLinks(URI.revive(resource), token), undefined, token);
+		return this._withAdapter(handle, LinkProviderAdapter, adapter => adapter.provideLinks(URI.revive(resource), token), undefined, token, resource.scheme === 'output');
 	}
 
 	$resolveDocumentLink(handle: number, id: extHostProtocol.ChainedCacheId, token: CancellationToken): Promise<extHostProtocol.ILinkDto | undefined> {
-		return this._withAdapter(handle, LinkProviderAdapter, adapter => adapter.resolveLink(id, token), undefined, undefined);
+		return this._withAdapter(handle, LinkProviderAdapter, adapter => adapter.resolveLink(id, token), undefined, undefined, true);
 	}
 
 	$releaseDocumentLinks(handle: number, id: number): void {
-		this._withAdapter(handle, LinkProviderAdapter, adapter => adapter.releaseLinks(id), undefined, undefined);
+		this._withAdapter(handle, LinkProviderAdapter, adapter => adapter.releaseLinks(id), undefined, undefined, true);
 	}
 
 	registerColorProvider(extension: IExtensionDescription, selector: vscode.DocumentSelector, provider: vscode.DocumentColorProvider): vscode.Disposable {