diff --git a/editors/code/src/client.ts b/editors/code/src/client.ts
index 0ad4b63aeb..97e7940915 100644
--- a/editors/code/src/client.ts
+++ b/editors/code/src/client.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import { CallHierarchyFeature } from 'vscode-languageclient/lib/callHierarchy.proposed';
 import { SemanticTokensFeature, DocumentSemanticsTokensSignature } from 'vscode-languageclient/lib/semanticTokens.proposed';
 
-export async function createClient(serverPath: string, cwd: string): Promise<lc.LanguageClient> {
+export function createClient(serverPath: string, cwd: string): lc.LanguageClient {
     // '.' Is the fallback if no folder is open
     // TODO?: Workspace folders support Uri's (eg: file://test.txt).
     // It might be a good idea to test if the uri points to a file.
diff --git a/editors/code/src/ctx.ts b/editors/code/src/ctx.ts
index f7ed62d035..41df119910 100644
--- a/editors/code/src/ctx.ts
+++ b/editors/code/src/ctx.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export class Ctx {
         serverPath: string,
         cwd: string,
     ): Promise<Ctx> {
-        const client = await createClient(serverPath, cwd);
+        const client = createClient(serverPath, cwd);
         const res = new Ctx(config, extCtx, client, serverPath);
         res.pushCleanup(client.start());
         await client.onReady();