diff --git a/packages/plugin-ext/src/hosted/browser/hosted-plugin.ts b/packages/plugin-ext/src/hosted/browser/hosted-plugin.ts
index fb4c21585fcf5..7861c3b38b9bd 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-ext/src/hosted/browser/hosted-plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-ext/src/hosted/browser/hosted-plugin.ts
@@ -550,6 +550,7 @@ export class HostedPluginSupport extends AbstractHostedPluginSupport<PluginManag
                     const result = await this.fileSearchService.find('', {
                         rootUris: this.workspaceService.tryGetRoots().map(r => r.resource.toString()),
                         includePatterns,
+                        useGitIgnore: false,
                         limit: 1
                     }, tokenSource.token);
                     return result.length > 0;