diff --git a/src/vs/code/node/cli.ts b/src/vs/code/node/cli.ts
index 040144f4c9d..c93e5a6169e 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/node/cli.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/node/cli.ts
@@ -157,41 +157,39 @@ export async function main(argv: string[]): Promise<any> {
 			// stdin. We do this because there is no reliable way to find out if data is piped to stdin. Just
 			// checking for stdin being connected to a TTY is not enough (https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/40351)
 
-			if (args._.length === 0) {
-				if (hasReadStdinArg) {
-					stdinFilePath = getStdinFilePath();
+			if (hasReadStdinArg) {
+				stdinFilePath = getStdinFilePath();
 
-					// returns a file path where stdin input is written into (write in progress).
-					try {
-						readFromStdin(stdinFilePath, !!verbose); // throws error if file can not be written
+				// returns a file path where stdin input is written into (write in progress).
+				try {
+					readFromStdin(stdinFilePath, !!verbose); // throws error if file can not be written
 
-						// Make sure to open tmp file
-						addArg(argv, stdinFilePath);
+					// Make sure to open tmp file
+					addArg(argv, stdinFilePath);
 
-						// Enable --wait to get all data and ignore adding this to history
-						addArg(argv, '--wait');
-						addArg(argv, '--skip-add-to-recently-opened');
-						args.wait = true;
+					// Enable --wait to get all data and ignore adding this to history
+					addArg(argv, '--wait');
+					addArg(argv, '--skip-add-to-recently-opened');
+					args.wait = true;
 
-						console.log(`Reading from stdin via: ${stdinFilePath}`);
-					} catch (e) {
-						console.log(`Failed to create file to read via stdin: ${e.toString()}`);
-						stdinFilePath = undefined;
-					}
-				} else {
-
-					// If the user pipes data via stdin but forgot to add the "-" argument, help by printing a message
-					// if we detect that data flows into via stdin after a certain timeout.
-					processCallbacks.push(_ => stdinDataListener(1000).then(dataReceived => {
-						if (dataReceived) {
-							if (isWindows) {
-								console.log(`Run with '${product.applicationName} -' to read output from another program (e.g. 'echo Hello World | ${product.applicationName} -').`);
-							} else {
-								console.log(`Run with '${product.applicationName} -' to read from stdin (e.g. 'ps aux | grep code | ${product.applicationName} -').`);
-							}
-						}
-					}));
+					console.log(`Reading from stdin via: ${stdinFilePath}`);
+				} catch (e) {
+					console.log(`Failed to create file to read via stdin: ${e.toString()}`);
+					stdinFilePath = undefined;
 				}
+			} else {
+
+				// If the user pipes data via stdin but forgot to add the "-" argument, help by printing a message
+				// if we detect that data flows into via stdin after a certain timeout.
+				processCallbacks.push(_ => stdinDataListener(1000).then(dataReceived => {
+					if (dataReceived) {
+						if (isWindows) {
+							console.log(`Run with '${product.applicationName} -' to read output from another program (e.g. 'echo Hello World | ${product.applicationName} -').`);
+						} else {
+							console.log(`Run with '${product.applicationName} -' to read from stdin (e.g. 'ps aux | grep code | ${product.applicationName} -').`);
+						}
+					}
+				}));
 			}
 		}