From 4acb80c2f3611806e36ff723d3018363fdaf4808 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: eleanorjboyd <26030610+eleanorjboyd@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:55:19 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2]  remove method to update defaultInterpreterPath on env
 ext environment change

---
 src/client/envExt/api.internal.ts | 31 +------------------------------
 src/client/extensionActivation.ts |  5 -----
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 35 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/client/envExt/api.internal.ts b/src/client/envExt/api.internal.ts
index c4247f63a3c5..6d4b7f9cfc90 100644
--- a/src/client/envExt/api.internal.ts
+++ b/src/client/envExt/api.internal.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
-import { EventEmitter, Terminal, Uri, Disposable, ConfigurationTarget } from 'vscode';
+import { EventEmitter, Terminal, Uri, Disposable } from 'vscode';
 import { getExtension } from '../common/vscodeApis/extensionsApi';
 import {
     GetEnvironmentScope,
@@ -128,32 +128,3 @@ export async function clearCache(): Promise<void> {
         await executeCommand('python-envs.clearCache');
     }
 }
-
-export function registerEnvExtFeatures(
-    disposables: Disposable[],
-    interpreterPathService: IInterpreterPathService,
-): void {
-    if (useEnvExtension()) {
-        disposables.push(
-            onDidChangeEnvironmentEnvExt(async (e: DidChangeEnvironmentEventArgs) => {
-                const previousPath = interpreterPathService.get(e.uri);
-
-                if (previousPath !== e.new?.environmentPath.fsPath) {
-                    if (e.uri) {
-                        await interpreterPathService.update(
-                            e.uri,
-                            ConfigurationTarget.WorkspaceFolder,
-                            e.new?.environmentPath.fsPath,
-                        );
-                    } else {
-                        await interpreterPathService.update(
-                            undefined,
-                            ConfigurationTarget.Global,
-                            e.new?.environmentPath.fsPath,
-                        );
-                    }
-                }
-            }),
-        );
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/client/extensionActivation.ts b/src/client/extensionActivation.ts
index 6e870e37ef3e..632262c9a6e5 100644
--- a/src/client/extensionActivation.ts
+++ b/src/client/extensionActivation.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ import { registerTriggerForTerminalREPL } from './terminals/codeExecution/termin
 import { registerPythonStartup } from './terminals/pythonStartup';
 import { registerPixiFeatures } from './pythonEnvironments/common/environmentManagers/pixi';
 import { registerCustomTerminalLinkProvider } from './terminals/pythonStartupLinkProvider';
-import { registerEnvExtFeatures } from './envExt/api.internal';
 
 export async function activateComponents(
     // `ext` is passed to any extra activation funcs.
@@ -95,13 +94,9 @@ export function activateFeatures(ext: ExtensionState, _components: Components):
     const interpreterQuickPick: IInterpreterQuickPick = ext.legacyIOC.serviceContainer.get<IInterpreterQuickPick>(
         IInterpreterQuickPick,
     );
-    const interpreterPathService: IInterpreterPathService = ext.legacyIOC.serviceContainer.get<IInterpreterPathService>(
-        IInterpreterPathService,
-    );
     const interpreterService: IInterpreterService = ext.legacyIOC.serviceContainer.get<IInterpreterService>(
         IInterpreterService,
     );
-    registerEnvExtFeatures(ext.disposables, interpreterPathService);
     const pathUtils = ext.legacyIOC.serviceContainer.get<IPathUtils>(IPathUtils);
     registerPixiFeatures(ext.disposables);
     registerAllCreateEnvironmentFeatures(

From 78c4a6ea4f3c8b627aef19e5755d5eb5e76c92f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: eleanorjboyd <26030610+eleanorjboyd@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:57:29 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] update imports

---
 src/client/envExt/api.internal.ts | 1 -
 src/client/extensionActivation.ts | 9 +--------
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/client/envExt/api.internal.ts b/src/client/envExt/api.internal.ts
index 6d4b7f9cfc90..07bc58ffc11e 100644
--- a/src/client/envExt/api.internal.ts
+++ b/src/client/envExt/api.internal.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import {
     DidChangeEnvironmentEventArgs,
 } from './types';
 import { executeCommand } from '../common/vscodeApis/commandApis';
-import { IInterpreterPathService } from '../common/types';
 import { getConfiguration } from '../common/vscodeApis/workspaceApis';
 
 export const ENVS_EXTENSION_ID = 'ms-python.vscode-python-envs';
diff --git a/src/client/extensionActivation.ts b/src/client/extensionActivation.ts
index 632262c9a6e5..57bcb8237eeb 100644
--- a/src/client/extensionActivation.ts
+++ b/src/client/extensionActivation.ts
@@ -13,14 +13,7 @@ import { IApplicationEnvironment, ICommandManager, IWorkspaceService } from './c
 import { Commands, PYTHON_LANGUAGE, UseProposedApi } from './common/constants';
 import { registerTypes as installerRegisterTypes } from './common/installer/serviceRegistry';
 import { IFileSystem } from './common/platform/types';
-import {
-    IConfigurationService,
-    IDisposableRegistry,
-    IExtensions,
-    IInterpreterPathService,
-    ILogOutputChannel,
-    IPathUtils,
-} from './common/types';
+import { IConfigurationService, IDisposableRegistry, IExtensions, ILogOutputChannel, IPathUtils } from './common/types';
 import { noop } from './common/utils/misc';
 import { registerTypes as debugConfigurationRegisterTypes } from './debugger/extension/serviceRegistry';
 import { IDebugConfigurationService } from './debugger/extension/types';