diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/scripts/lint-scenarios.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/scripts/lint-scenarios.ts
index 2ce4f0b4d..46739e0e5 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/scripts/lint-scenarios.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/scripts/lint-scenarios.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ async function lintScenarios() {
     throw new Error(`Invalid schema: ${ajv.errorsText()}`);
   }
 
-  const validate = await ajv.compile(schema);
+  const validate = ajv.compile(schema);
 
   let invalidFiles = 0;
 
diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/cli.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/cli.ts
index e00f50f77..751aa374f 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/cli.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/cli.ts
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ export class CodeQLCliServer implements Disposable {
       );
     }
 
-    return await spawnServer(
+    return spawnServer(
       codeQlPath,
       "CodeQL CLI Server",
       ["execute", "cli-server"],
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ export class CodeQLCliServer implements Disposable {
         void logStream(child.stderr!, logger);
       }
 
-      for await (const event of await splitStreamAtSeparators(child.stdout!, [
+      for await (const event of splitStreamAtSeparators(child.stdout!, [
         "\0",
       ])) {
         yield event;
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ export class CodeQLCliServer implements Disposable {
     cancellationToken?: CancellationToken,
     logger?: Logger,
   ): AsyncGenerator<EventType, void, unknown> {
-    for await (const event of await this.runAsyncCodeQlCliCommandInternal(
+    for await (const event of this.runAsyncCodeQlCliCommandInternal(
       command,
       commandArgs,
       cancellationToken,
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ export class CodeQLCliServer implements Disposable {
       ...testPaths,
     ]);
 
-    for await (const event of await this.runAsyncCodeQlCliCommand<TestCompleted>(
+    for await (const event of this.runAsyncCodeQlCliCommand<TestCompleted>(
       ["test", "run"],
       subcommandArgs,
       "Run CodeQL Tests",
@@ -1543,7 +1543,7 @@ const lineEndings = ["\r\n", "\r", "\n"];
  * @param logger The logger that will consume the stream output.
  */
 async function logStream(stream: Readable, logger: Logger): Promise<void> {
-  for await (const line of await splitStreamAtSeparators(stream, lineEndings)) {
+  for await (const line of splitStreamAtSeparators(stream, lineEndings)) {
     // Await the result of log here in order to ensure the logs are written in the correct order.
     await logger.log(line);
   }
diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/mocks/mock-gh-api-server.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/mocks/mock-gh-api-server.ts
index 5bf5f0299..1d6bbd3ae 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/mocks/mock-gh-api-server.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/mocks/mock-gh-api-server.ts
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ export class MockGitHubApiServer extends DisposableObject {
   }
 
   public async stopRecording(): Promise<void> {
-    await this.recorder.stop();
-    await this.recorder.clear();
+    this.recorder.stop();
+    this.recorder.clear();
   }
 
   public async getScenarioNames(scenariosPath?: string): Promise<string[]> {
diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/mocks/vscode-mock-gh-api-server.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/mocks/vscode-mock-gh-api-server.ts
index c52543d48..fbe43c2c9 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/mocks/vscode-mock-gh-api-server.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/mocks/vscode-mock-gh-api-server.ts
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ export class VSCodeMockGitHubApiServer extends DisposableObject {
   }
 
   public async startServer(): Promise<void> {
-    await this.server.startServer();
+    this.server.startServer();
   }
 
   public async stopServer(): Promise<void> {
-    await this.server.stopServer();
+    this.server.stopServer();
 
     await commands.executeCommand(
       "setContext",
diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/test-adapter.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/test-adapter.ts
index b050a9ba2..c8b0f620c 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/test-adapter.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/test-adapter.ts
@@ -356,15 +356,11 @@ export class QLTestAdapter extends DisposableObject implements TestAdapter {
     tests: string[],
     cancellationToken: CancellationToken,
   ): Promise<void> {
-    const workspacePaths = await getOnDiskWorkspaceFolders();
-    for await (const event of await this.cliServer.runTests(
-      tests,
-      workspacePaths,
-      {
-        cancellationToken,
-        logger: testLogger,
-      },
-    )) {
+    const workspacePaths = getOnDiskWorkspaceFolders();
+    for await (const event of this.cliServer.runTests(tests, workspacePaths, {
+      cancellationToken,
+      logger: testLogger,
+    })) {
       const state = event.pass
         ? "passed"
         : event.messages?.length
diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/test/vscode-tests/cli-integration/legacy-query.test.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/test/vscode-tests/cli-integration/legacy-query.test.ts
index 5c0a35741..6c014b609 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/test/vscode-tests/cli-integration/legacy-query.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/test/vscode-tests/cli-integration/legacy-query.test.ts
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ class Checkpoint<T> {
   }
 
   async resolve(): Promise<void> {
-    await this.res();
+    this.res();
   }
 
   async reject(e: Error): Promise<void> {
-    await this.rej(e);
+    this.rej(e);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/test/vscode-tests/cli-integration/new-query.test.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/test/vscode-tests/cli-integration/new-query.test.ts
index ea448f931..bb58940cb 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/test/vscode-tests/cli-integration/new-query.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/test/vscode-tests/cli-integration/new-query.test.ts
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ class Checkpoint<T> {
   }
 
   async resolve(): Promise<void> {
-    await this.res();
+    this.res();
   }
 
   async reject(e: Error): Promise<void> {
-    await this.rej(e);
+    this.rej(e);
   }
 }