diff --git a/platformio/project/tpls/vscode/.vscode/extensions.json.tpl b/platformio/project/tpls/vscode/.vscode/extensions.json.tpl
index 126d45d8..26412ae7 100644
--- a/platformio/project/tpls/vscode/.vscode/extensions.json.tpl
+++ b/platformio/project/tpls/vscode/.vscode/extensions.json.tpl
@@ -19,5 +19,8 @@
 % for i, item in enumerate(sorted(recommendations)):
         "{{ item }}"{{ ("," if (i + 1) < len(recommendations) else "") }}
 % end
+    ],
+    "unwantedRecommendations": [
+        "ms-vscode.cpptools-extension-pack"
     ]
 }