diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/extension.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/extension.ts
index 22fdd25bb71..dee3929baba 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/extension.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/extension.ts
@@ -88,5 +88,5 @@ export function activate(
 }
 
 export function deactivate() {
-	fs.rmSync(temp.getInstanceTempDir(), { recursive: true, force: true });
+	fs.rmSync(temp.instanceTempDir.value, { recursive: true, force: true });
 }
diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/utils/temp.electron.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/utils/temp.electron.ts
index 886c8f014fe..cf099411246 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/utils/temp.electron.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/utils/temp.electron.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as os from 'os';
 import * as path from 'path';
+import { lazy } from './lazy';
 
 function makeRandomHexString(length: number): string {
 	const chars = ['0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f'];
@@ -17,31 +18,17 @@ function makeRandomHexString(length: number): string {
 	return result;
 }
 
-const getRootTempDir = (() => {
-	let dir: string | undefined;
-	return () => {
-		if (!dir) {
-			const filename = `vscode-typescript${process.platform !== 'win32' && process.getuid ? process.getuid() : ''}`;
-			dir = path.join(os.tmpdir(), filename);
-		}
-		if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) {
-			fs.mkdirSync(dir);
-		}
-		return dir;
-	};
-})();
+const rootTempDir = lazy(() => {
+	const filename = `vscode-typescript${process.platform !== 'win32' && process.getuid ? process.getuid() : ''}`;
+	return path.join(os.tmpdir(), filename);
+});
 
-export const getInstanceTempDir = (() => {
-	let dir: string | undefined;
-	return () => {
-		dir ??= path.join(getRootTempDir(), makeRandomHexString(20));
-		if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) {
-			fs.mkdirSync(dir);
-		}
-		return dir;
-	};
-})();
+export const instanceTempDir = lazy(() => {
+	const dir = path.join(rootTempDir.value, makeRandomHexString(20));
+	fs.mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
+	return dir;
+});
 
 export function getTempFile(prefix: string): string {
-	return path.join(getInstanceTempDir(), `${prefix}-${makeRandomHexString(20)}.tmp`);
+	return path.join(instanceTempDir.value, `${prefix}-${makeRandomHexString(20)}.tmp`);
 }