diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index f954c48cf36..85c258480ed 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@
         "node_modules": true
     },
     "files.watcherExclude": {
-        "**/src/testFixtures": true
+        "**/src/testFixtures": true,
+        "**/node_modules/**": true,
+        "**dist**": true,
+        "**/scripts/**": true
     },
     "typescript.preferences.importModuleSpecifier": "relative",
     "javascript.preferences.importModuleSpecifier": "relative",
diff --git a/packages/amazonq/.vscode/settings.json b/packages/amazonq/.vscode/settings.json
index 4715e0254bf..4736dade556 100644
--- a/packages/amazonq/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/packages/amazonq/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
         "dist": true,
         "node_modules": true
     },
-    "files.watcherExclude": {},
+    "files.watcherExclude": {
+        "**/src/testFixtures": true,
+        "**/node_modules/**": true
+    },
     "typescript.preferences.importModuleSpecifier": "relative",
     "javascript.preferences.importModuleSpecifier": "relative",
     "typescript.tsdk": "../../node_modules/typescript/lib",
diff --git a/packages/toolkit/.vscode/settings.json b/packages/toolkit/.vscode/settings.json
index 4bcaf47f09d..e431be3d14e 100644
--- a/packages/toolkit/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/packages/toolkit/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
         ".vscode-test*": true
     },
     "files.watcherExclude": {
-        "**/src/testFixtures": true
+        "**/src/testFixtures": true,
+        "**/node_modules/**": true
     },
     "typescript.preferences.importModuleSpecifier": "relative",
     "javascript.preferences.importModuleSpecifier": "relative",