diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/migrations/update-vscode-recommendations/update-8.0.0.ts b/packages/schematics/angular/migrations/update-vscode-recommendations/update-8.0.0.ts
index 76ae078385..9b4bba7225 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/migrations/update-vscode-recommendations/update-8.0.0.ts
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/migrations/update-vscode-recommendations/update-8.0.0.ts
@@ -18,13 +18,7 @@ const addExtensionRecommendations = updateJsonInTree(
     [
       'angular.ng-template',
       'nrwl.angular-console',
-      'ms-vscode.vscode-typescript-tslint-plugin',
-      'Mikael.Angular-BeastCode',
-      'EditorConfig.EditorConfig',
-      'msjsdiag.debugger-for-chrome',
-      'eg2.vscode-npm-script',
-      'PKief.material-icon-theme',
-      'natewallace.angular2-inline'].forEach(extension => {
+      'ms-vscode.vscode-typescript-tslint-plugin'].forEach(extension => {
         json.recommendations = json.recommendations || [];
         if (!json.recommendations.includes(extension)) {
           json.recommendations.push(extension);
diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/migrations/update-vscode-recommendations/update-8.0.0_spec.ts b/packages/schematics/angular/migrations/update-vscode-recommendations/update-8.0.0_spec.ts
index d5b7ed948f..f45de65b9f 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/migrations/update-vscode-recommendations/update-8.0.0_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/migrations/update-vscode-recommendations/update-8.0.0_spec.ts
@@ -9,18 +9,6 @@ import { Tree } from '@angular-devkit/schematics';
 import { SchematicTestRunner } from '@angular-devkit/schematics/testing';
 import { readJsonInTree, serializeJson, updateJsonInTree } from './ast-utils';
 
-const recommendations = [
-  'angular.ng-template',
-  'nrwl.angular-console',
-  'ms-vscode.vscode-typescript-tslint-plugin',
-  'Mikael.Angular-BeastCode',
-  'EditorConfig.EditorConfig',
-  'msjsdiag.debugger-for-chrome',
-  'eg2.vscode-npm-script',
-  'PKief.material-icon-theme',
-  'natewallace.angular2-inline',
-];
-
 describe('Update 8.0.0', () => {
   let initialTree: Tree;
   let schematicRunner: SchematicTestRunner;
@@ -46,7 +34,10 @@ describe('Update 8.0.0', () => {
       .runSchematicAsync('migration-07', {}, initialTree)
       .toPromise();
 
-    expect(readJsonInTree(result, '.vscode/extensions.json')).toEqual({recommendations});
+    expect(readJsonInTree(result, '.vscode/extensions.json')).toEqual({
+      recommendations: [
+        'angular.ng-template', 'nrwl.angular-console', 'ms-vscode.vscode-typescript-tslint-plugin'],
+    });
   });
 
   it('should add to existing vscode extension recommendations', async () => {
@@ -55,7 +46,9 @@ describe('Update 8.0.0', () => {
         updateJsonInTree('.vscode/extensions.json', () => ({
           recommendations: [
             'eamodio.gitlens',
-            ...recommendations],
+            'angular.ng-template',
+            'nrwl.angular-console',
+            'ms-vscode.vscode-typescript-tslint-plugin'],
         })),
         initialTree,
       )
@@ -68,7 +61,9 @@ describe('Update 8.0.0', () => {
     expect(readJsonInTree(result, '.vscode/extensions.json')).toEqual({
       recommendations: [
         'eamodio.gitlens',
-        ...recommendations],
+        'angular.ng-template',
+        'nrwl.angular-console',
+        'ms-vscode.vscode-typescript-tslint-plugin'],
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/workspace/files/__dot__vscode/extensions.json.template b/packages/schematics/angular/workspace/files/__dot__vscode/extensions.json.template
index 9b4375bca6..668282bf7a 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/workspace/files/__dot__vscode/extensions.json.template
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/workspace/files/__dot__vscode/extensions.json.template
@@ -2,12 +2,6 @@
   "recommendations": [
     "angular.ng-template",
     "nrwl.angular-console",
-    "ms-vscode.vscode-typescript-tslint-plugin",
-    "Mikael.Angular-BeastCode",
-    "EditorConfig.EditorConfig",
-    "msjsdiag.debugger-for-chrome",
-    "eg2.vscode-npm-script",
-    "PKief.material-icon-theme",
-    "natewallace.angular2-inline"
+    "ms-vscode.vscode-typescript-tslint-plugin"
   ]
 }