diff --git a/build/ci/templates/test_phases.yml b/build/ci/templates/test_phases.yml
index 57151c964efb..75f772f5b462 100644
--- a/build/ci/templates/test_phases.yml
+++ b/build/ci/templates/test_phases.yml
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ steps:
       npm run package
       npx gulp clean:cleanExceptTests
       cp -r ./tmp/test ./out/test
-      npm run testSmoke
+      node ./out/test/smokeTest.js
     displayName: 'Run Smoke Tests'
     condition: and(succeeded(), contains(variables['TestsToRun'], 'testSmoke'))
     env:
diff --git a/src/test/standardTest.ts b/src/test/standardTest.ts
index f76d712fba62..237960cb1fcf 100644
--- a/src/test/standardTest.ts
+++ b/src/test/standardTest.ts
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@ import { EXTENSION_ROOT_DIR_FOR_TESTS } from './constants';
 process.env.IS_CI_SERVER_TEST_DEBUGGER = '';
 process.env.VSC_PYTHON_CI_TEST = '1';
 const workspacePath = process.env.CODE_TESTS_WORKSPACE ? process.env.CODE_TESTS_WORKSPACE : path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'src', 'test');
+const extensionDevelopmentPath = process.env.CODE_EXTENSIONS_PATH ? process.env.CODE_EXTENSIONS_PATH : EXTENSION_ROOT_DIR_FOR_TESTS;
 
 function start() {
     console.log('*'.repeat(100));
     console.log('Start Standard tests');
     runTests({
-        extensionDevelopmentPath: EXTENSION_ROOT_DIR_FOR_TESTS,
+        extensionDevelopmentPath: extensionDevelopmentPath,
         extensionTestsPath: path.join(EXTENSION_ROOT_DIR_FOR_TESTS, 'out', 'test', 'index'),
         launchArgs: [workspacePath],
         version: 'stable'