diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/extensions/browser/extensionEditor.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/extensions/browser/extensionEditor.ts
index b2ebf5a4625..fd1b3971949 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/extensions/browser/extensionEditor.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/extensions/browser/extensionEditor.ts
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ export class ExtensionEditor extends EditorPane {
 		const contents = await this.loadContents(() => cacheResult, template);
 		const content = await renderMarkdownDocument(contents, this.extensionService, this.modeService);
 		const sanitizedContent = removeEmbeddedSVGs(content);
-		return await this.renderBody(sanitizedContent);
+		return this.renderBody(sanitizedContent);
 	}
 
 	private async renderBody(body: string): Promise<string> {