diff --git a/packages/vscode/src/client.ts b/packages/vscode/src/client.ts
index 662fbd587..a94c8e389 100644
--- a/packages/vscode/src/client.ts
+++ b/packages/vscode/src/client.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import "./fill/require";
 import * as paths from "./fill/paths";
+import "./fill/platform";
 import "./fill/storageDatabase";
 import "./fill/windowsService";
 import "./fill/environmentService";
diff --git a/packages/vscode/src/fill/platform.ts b/packages/vscode/src/fill/platform.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d8fb863a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/vscode/src/fill/platform.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import * as platform from "vs/base/common/platform";
+
+// Use en instead of en-US since that's vscode default and it uses
+// that to determine whether to output aliases which will be redundant.
+if (platform.locale === "en-US") {
+	// tslint:disable-next-line no-any to override const
+	(platform as any).locale = "en";
+}
+if (platform.language === "en-US") {
+	// tslint:disable-next-line no-any to override const
+	(platform as any).language = "en";
+}