diff --git a/extensions/github-authentication/extension.webpack.config.js b/extensions/github-authentication/extension.webpack.config.js
index df3adb4ee7a3f..d356151d68c57 100644
--- a/extensions/github-authentication/extension.webpack.config.js
+++ b/extensions/github-authentication/extension.webpack.config.js
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ module.exports = withDefaults({
 	context: __dirname,
 	entry: {
 		extension: './src/extension.ts',
-	}
+	},
 });
diff --git a/extensions/shared.webpack.config.js b/extensions/shared.webpack.config.js
index 279bc199bc4a9..ad9d70c249087 100644
--- a/extensions/shared.webpack.config.js
+++ b/extensions/shared.webpack.config.js
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ function withNodeDefaults(/**@type WebpackConfig & { context: string }*/extConfi
 			}]
 		},
 		externals: {
+			'electron': 'commonjs electron', // ignored to avoid bundling from node_modules
 			'vscode': 'commonjs vscode', // ignored because it doesn't exist,
 			'applicationinsights-native-metrics': 'commonjs applicationinsights-native-metrics', // ignored because we don't ship native module
 			'@azure/functions-core': 'commonjs azure/functions-core', // optioinal dependency of appinsights that we don't use
@@ -204,4 +205,3 @@ module.exports.node = withNodeDefaults;
 module.exports.browser = withBrowserDefaults;
 module.exports.nodePlugins = nodePlugins;
 module.exports.browserPlugins = browserPlugins;
-