diff --git a/vscode-extensions/vscode-manifest-yaml/.vscode/tasks.json b/vscode-extensions/vscode-manifest-yaml/.vscode/tasks.json
index 15566c20e..485f27fb0 100644
--- a/vscode-extensions/vscode-manifest-yaml/.vscode/tasks.json
+++ b/vscode-extensions/vscode-manifest-yaml/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	"showOutput": "silent",
 
 	// we run the custom script "compile" as defined in package.json
-	"args": ["install"], //, "--loglevel", "silent"],
+	"args": ["compile"],
 
 	// The tsc compiler is started in watching mode
 	"isWatching": true,
diff --git a/vscode-extensions/vscode-manifest-yaml/lib/test.ts b/vscode-extensions/vscode-manifest-yaml/lib/test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 7408a19e5..000000000
--- a/vscode-extensions/vscode-manifest-yaml/lib/test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-interface Foo {
-    box : string;
-    get() : string;
-};
-
-var foo = {
-    box: null,
-    get: () => foo.box
-};
-
-export = foo
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vscode-extensions/vscode-manifest-yaml/package.json b/vscode-extensions/vscode-manifest-yaml/package.json
index a0e39e3f1..fe75d7603 100644
--- a/vscode-extensions/vscode-manifest-yaml/package.json
+++ b/vscode-extensions/vscode-manifest-yaml/package.json
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@
   },
   "preview": true,
   "scripts": {
-    "vscode:prepublish": "tsc -p .",
+    "prepublish": "tsc -p .",
     "clean": "rm -fr node_modules",
     "compile": "tsc -watch -p ./",
-    "preinstall": "npm install ../commons-vscode && ../mvnw -f ../pom.xml -pl vscode-manifest-yaml -am clean package",
+    "preinstall": "(cd ../commons-vscode ; npm install) && npm install ../commons-vscode && ../mvnw -f ../pom.xml -pl vscode-manifest-yaml -am clean package",
     "postinstall": "node ./node_modules/vscode/bin/install"
   },
   "dependencies": {