diff --git a/src/node/cli.ts b/src/node/cli.ts
index 7566bd9a0..fb24949f2 100644
--- a/src/node/cli.ts
+++ b/src/node/cli.ts
@@ -833,8 +833,8 @@ export interface CodeArgs extends UserProvidedCodeArgs {
   version: boolean
   "without-connection-token"?: boolean
   "without-browser-env-var"?: boolean
-  compatibility: string
-  log: string[] | undefined
+  compatibility?: string
+  log?: string[]
 }
 
 /**
@@ -843,15 +843,12 @@ export interface CodeArgs extends UserProvidedCodeArgs {
 export type SpawnCodeCli = (args: CodeArgs) => Promise<void>
 
 /**
- * Convert our arguments to VS Code server arguments.
+ * Convert our arguments to equivalent VS Code server arguments.
+ * Does not add any extra arguments.
  */
 export const toCodeArgs = async (args: DefaultedArgs): Promise<CodeArgs> => {
   return {
     ...args,
-    "accept-server-license-terms": true,
-    // This seems to be used to make the connection token flags optional (when
-    // set to 1.63) but we have always included them.
-    compatibility: "1.64",
     /** Type casting. */
     help: !!args.help,
     version: !!args.version,
diff --git a/src/node/routes/vscode.ts b/src/node/routes/vscode.ts
index b8f88a0fc..8893dc80e 100644
--- a/src/node/routes/vscode.ts
+++ b/src/node/routes/vscode.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ export const ensureVSCodeLoaded = async (
   try {
     vscodeServer = await createVSServer(null, {
       ...(await toCodeArgs(req.args)),
+      "accept-server-license-terms": true,
+      // This seems to be used to make the connection token flags optional (when
+      // set to 1.63) but we have always included them.
+      compatibility: "1.64",
       "without-connection-token": true,
     })
   } catch (error) {
diff --git a/test/unit/node/cli.test.ts b/test/unit/node/cli.test.ts
index 994697d2f..02b60b839 100644
--- a/test/unit/node/cli.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/node/cli.test.ts
@@ -912,8 +912,6 @@ cert: false`)
 describe("toCodeArgs", () => {
   const vscodeDefaults = {
     ...defaults,
-    "accept-server-license-terms": true,
-    compatibility: "1.64",
     help: false,
     port: "8080",
     version: false,