diff --git a/src/lsptoolshost/roslynLanguageServer.ts b/src/lsptoolshost/roslynLanguageServer.ts
index 8ea26d99e1..01cbc50bb2 100644
--- a/src/lsptoolshost/roslynLanguageServer.ts
+++ b/src/lsptoolshost/roslynLanguageServer.ts
@@ -110,11 +110,6 @@ export class RoslynLanguageServer {
      */
     private _solutionFile: vscode.Uri | undefined;
 
-    /**
-     * The path to the server executable that is being run, or undefined if none was.
-     */
-    private _serverExecutablePath: string | undefined;
-
     constructor(
         private platformInfo: PlatformInformation,
         private hostExecutableResolver: IHostExecutableResolver,
@@ -366,7 +361,7 @@ export class RoslynLanguageServer {
 
     private async startServer(logLevel: string | undefined): Promise<cp.ChildProcess> {
         const options = this.optionProvider.GetLatestOptions();
-        this._serverExecutablePath = getServerPath(options, this.platformInfo);
+        const serverPath = getServerPath(options, this.platformInfo);
 
         const dotnetInfo = await this.hostExecutableResolver.getHostExecutableInfo(options);
         const dotnetRuntimePath = path.dirname(dotnetInfo.path);
@@ -429,7 +424,7 @@ export class RoslynLanguageServer {
         }
 
         if (logLevel && [Trace.Messages, Trace.Verbose].includes(this.GetTraceLevel(logLevel))) {
-            _channel.appendLine(`Starting server at ${this._serverExecutablePath}`);
+            _channel.appendLine(`Starting server at ${serverPath}`);
         }
 
         // shouldn't this arg only be set if it's running with CSDevKit?
@@ -442,13 +437,13 @@ export class RoslynLanguageServer {
             env: env,
         };
 
-        if (this._serverExecutablePath.endsWith('.dll')) {
+        if (serverPath.endsWith('.dll')) {
             // If we were given a path to a dll, launch that via dotnet.
-            const argsWithPath = [this._serverExecutablePath].concat(args);
+            const argsWithPath = [serverPath].concat(args);
             childProcess = cp.spawn(dotnetExecutablePath, argsWithPath, cpOptions);
         } else {
             // Otherwise assume we were given a path to an executable.
-            childProcess = cp.spawn(this._serverExecutablePath, args, cpOptions);
+            childProcess = cp.spawn(serverPath, args, cpOptions);
         }
 
         return childProcess;