diff --git a/.vscodeignore b/.vscodeignore
index fbd8824..c5a93c2 100644
--- a/.vscodeignore
+++ b/.vscodeignore
@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ vsc-extension-quickstart.md
 **/.eslintrc.json
 **/*.map
 **/*.ts
+
+setup-development/**
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup-development/linux/upgrade-linux.sh b/setup-development/linux/upgrade-linux.sh
index 1cfa484..9399b59 100755
--- a/setup-development/linux/upgrade-linux.sh
+++ b/setup-development/linux/upgrade-linux.sh
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ dryrun nvm install "$nodeversion"
 dryrun nvm use "$nodeversion"
 
 # Use npm to install electron-rebuild and yo
-printf "Installing electron-rebuild, yo, and generator-code\n"
-dryrun npm install electron-rebuild yo generator-code
+printf "Installing electron-rebuild and vsce\n"
+dryrun npm install -g electron-rebuild vsce
 
 # use npm to acquire dependencies for Mind-Reader
 printf "\nAcquiring dependencies...\n"
diff --git a/setup-development/windows/upgrade-windows.ps1 b/setup-development/windows/upgrade-windows.ps1
index 0e7a549..49e19ad 100644
--- a/setup-development/windows/upgrade-windows.ps1
+++ b/setup-development/windows/upgrade-windows.ps1
@@ -165,11 +165,11 @@ function EnsureNodePackageInstalled {
    }
 }
 
-# Check if electron-rebuild is installed, if not, install it
+# electron-rebuild is used to rebuild the extension for a given version of Electron
 EnsureNodePackageInstalled electron-rebuild
 
-# These are useful (but not necessary) packages to have installed when working on new VSCode extensions
-EnsureNodePackageInstalled yo, generator-code
+# vsce is used to package the extension
+EnsureNodePackageInstalled vsce
 
 # We're about to do some path traversal, so save the current directory
 $prev_directory = $pwd