diff --git a/build/gulpfile.vscode.ts b/build/gulpfile.vscode.ts
index 080d97f3..93b5f711 100644
--- a/build/gulpfile.vscode.ts
+++ b/build/gulpfile.vscode.ts
@@ -30,3 +30,3 @@ import { createAsar } from './lib/asar.ts';
 import minimist from 'minimist';
-import { compileBuildWithoutManglingTask, compileBuildWithManglingTask } from './gulpfile.compile.ts';
+import { compileBuildWithoutManglingTask } from './gulpfile.compile.ts';
 import { compileNonNativeExtensionsBuildTask, compileNativeExtensionsBuildTask, compileAllExtensionsBuildTask, compileExtensionMediaBuildTask, cleanExtensionsBuildTask, compileCopilotExtensionBuildTask } from './gulpfile.extensions.ts';
@@ -197,3 +197,2 @@ function runEsbuildBundle(outDir: string, minify: boolean, nls: boolean, target:
 			args.push('--minify');
-			args.push('--mangle-privates');
 		}
@@ -757,3 +756,4 @@ BUILD_TARGETS.forEach(buildTarget => {
 			);
-			vscodeTask = task.define(`vscode${dashed(platform)}${dashed(arch)}${dashed(minified)}`, task.series(
+
+			const prepackTask = task.define(`vscode${dashed(minified)}-prepack`, task.series(
 				copyCodiconsTask,
@@ -763,2 +763,6 @@ BUILD_TARGETS.forEach(buildTarget => {
 				compileExtensionMediaBuildTask,
+			));
+			gulp.task(prepackTask);
+
+			const packingTask = task.define(`vscode${dashed(platform)}${dashed(arch)}${dashed(minified)}-packing`, task.series(
 				writeISODate('out-build'),
@@ -767,5 +771,11 @@ BUILD_TARGETS.forEach(buildTarget => {
 			));
-		} else {
+			gulp.task(packingTask);
+
 			vscodeTask = task.define(`vscode${dashed(platform)}${dashed(arch)}${dashed(minified)}`, task.series(
-				minified ? compileBuildWithManglingTask : compileBuildWithoutManglingTask,
+				prepackTask,
+				packingTask,
+			));
+		} else {
+			const prepackTask = task.define(`vscode${dashed(minified)}-prepack`, task.series(
+				compileBuildWithoutManglingTask,
 				cleanExtensionsBuildTask,
@@ -775,4 +785,14 @@ BUILD_TARGETS.forEach(buildTarget => {
 				minified ? minifyVSCodeTask : bundleVSCodeTask,
+			));
+			gulp.task(prepackTask);
+
+			const packingTask = task.define(`vscode${dashed(platform)}${dashed(arch)}${dashed(minified)}-packing`, task.series(
 				vscodeTaskCI
 			));
+			gulp.task(packingTask);
+
+			vscodeTask = task.define(`vscode${dashed(platform)}${dashed(arch)}${dashed(minified)}`, task.series(
+				prepackTask,
+				packingTask,
+			));
 		}