diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6ff7595b..420a673e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ ENV/
 .vs/
 .vscode/*
 !.vscode/launch.json
+!.vscode/extensions.json
 
 # PyDev
 .project
diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7c0f031c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/extensions.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "recommendations": [
+        "ms-python.python",
+        "ms-python.vscode-pylance",
+        "ms-python.flake8",
+        "ms-python.black-formatter"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/debugpy.code-workspace b/debugpy.code-workspace
index 77cd60ae..adb02ad7 100644
--- a/debugpy.code-workspace
+++ b/debugpy.code-workspace
@@ -5,11 +5,7 @@
         }
     ],
     "settings": {
-        "python.linting.enabled": true,
-        "python.linting.pylintEnabled": false,
-        "python.linting.flake8Enabled": true,
         "python.envFile": "${workspaceFolder}/.env",
-        "python.formatting.provider": "black",
         "files.exclude": {
             "**/*.pyc": true,
             "**/*.pyo": true,
@@ -22,6 +18,7 @@
         "python.analysis.extraPaths": [
             "src/debugpy/_vendored",
             "src/debugpy/_vendored/pydevd"
-        ]
+        ],
+        "editor.defaultFormatter": "ms-python.black-formatter"
     }
 }