diff --git a/vscode-extensions/commons-vscode/src/launch-util.ts b/vscode-extensions/commons-vscode/src/launch-util.ts
index bd96cc855..ab86aa1c0 100644
--- a/vscode-extensions/commons-vscode/src/launch-util.ts
+++ b/vscode-extensions/commons-vscode/src/launch-util.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export interface ActivatorOptions {
     highlightCodeLensSettingKey?: string;
     explodedLsJarData?: ExplodedLsJarData;
     vmArgs?: string[];
+    requiresJavaLs?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface ExplodedLsJarData {
@@ -391,8 +392,10 @@ function setupLanguageClient(context: VSCode.ExtensionContext, createServer: Ser
         }
         return {applied: true};
     });
-    registerClasspathService(client);
-    registerJavaDataService(client);
+    if (options.requiresJavaLs) {
+        registerClasspathService(client);
+        registerJavaDataService(client);
+    }
     return Promise.resolve(client);
 }
 
diff --git a/vscode-extensions/vscode-spring-boot/lib/Main.ts b/vscode-extensions/vscode-spring-boot/lib/Main.ts
index eac6739cf..e0abe1328 100644
--- a/vscode-extensions/vscode-spring-boot/lib/Main.ts
+++ b/vscode-extensions/vscode-spring-boot/lib/Main.ts
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ export function activate(context: VSCode.ExtensionContext): Thenable<ExtensionAP
                 enableJdtClasspath: true
             })
         },
-        highlightCodeLensSettingKey: 'boot-java.highlight-codelens.on'
+        highlightCodeLensSettingKey: 'boot-java.highlight-codelens.on',
+        requiresJavaLs: true
     };
 
     // Register launch config contributior to java debug launch to be able to connect to JMX