diff --git a/src/DotnetPack.ts b/src/DotnetPack.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a462d6cd42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/DotnetPack.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+ *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+import * as vscode from "vscode";
+
+const dotnetPackExtensionId = "ms-dotnettools.vscode-dotnet-pack";
+
+export interface DotnetPackExtensionExports {
+    getDotnetPath(version?: string): Promise<string | undefined>;
+}
+
+export async function getDotnetPackApi(): Promise<DotnetPackExtensionExports> {
+    const dotnetExtension = vscode.extensions.getExtension<DotnetPackExtensionExports>(dotnetPackExtensionId);
+    if (!dotnetExtension) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    if (!dotnetExtension.isActive) {
+        await dotnetExtension.activate();
+    }
+
+    return dotnetExtension.exports;
+}
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diff --git a/src/features/codeActionProvider.ts b/src/features/codeActionProvider.ts
index 1b9059fbd8..85fb53a8d3 100644
--- a/src/features/codeActionProvider.ts
+++ b/src/features/codeActionProvider.ts
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export default class CodeActionProvider extends AbstractProvider implements vsco
 
     private async _runCodeAction(req: protocol.V2.RunCodeActionRequest, token: vscode.CancellationToken): Promise<boolean | string | {}> {
 
-        return serverUtils.runCodeAction(this._server, req).then(response => {
+        return serverUtils.runCodeAction(this._server, req).then(async response => {
             if (response) {
                 return buildEditForResponse(response.Changes, this._languageMiddlewareFeature, token);
             }
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index bebcbab41b..e50e005262 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import { installRuntimeDependencies } from './InstallRuntimeDependencies';
 import { isValidDownload } from './packageManager/isValidDownload';
 import { BackgroundWorkStatusBarObserver } from './observers/BackgroundWorkStatusBarObserver';
 import { getDecompilationAuthorization } from './omnisharp/decompilationPrompt';
+import { getDotnetPackApi } from './DotNetPack';
 
 export async function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): Promise<CSharpExtensionExports> {
 
@@ -148,7 +149,8 @@ export async function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): Promise<CSharp
         return null;
     }
 
-    await tryAddDotNetToPath();
+    // If the dotnet bundle is installed, this will ensure the dotnet CLI is on the path.
+    await initializeDotnetPath();
 
     let telemetryObserver = new TelemetryObserver(platformInfo, () => reporter);
     eventStream.subscribe(telemetryObserver.post);
@@ -229,24 +231,10 @@ async function ensureRuntimeDependencies(extension: vscode.Extension<CSharpExten
     return installRuntimeDependencies(extension.packageJSON, extension.extensionPath, installDependencies, eventStream, platformInfo);
 }
 
-async function tryAddDotNetToPath() {
-    const sdkExtension = vscode.extensions.getExtension("ms-dotnettools.vscode-dotnet-pack");
-    if (sdkExtension) {
-        try {
-            if (!sdkExtension.isActive) {
-                await sdkExtension.activate();
-            }
-
-            // Invoking acquireStatus updates the process.env.PATH with the folder that contains the dotnet cli.
-            // This will allow child processes such as OmniSharp to use the dotnet cli.
-            const request = { version: '5.0', requestingExtensionId: 'ms-dotnettools.csharp' };
-            const statusResult = await vscode.commands.executeCommand<{ dotnetPath: string }>('dotnet-sdk.acquireStatus', request);
-
-            return statusResult.dotnetPath?.length > 0;
-        }
-        catch {
-        }
+async function initializeDotnetPath() {
+    const dotnetPackApi = await getDotnetPackApi();
+    if (!dotnetPackApi) {
+        return null;
     }
-
-    return false;
+    return await dotnetPackApi.getDotnetPath();
 }
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