diff --git a/prepare_vscode.sh b/prepare_vscode.sh
index 00a1856..a8e2e10 100755
--- a/prepare_vscode.sh
+++ b/prepare_vscode.sh
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ set -e
 export npm_config_arch="$BUILDARCH"
 export npm_config_target_arch="$BUILDARCH"
 
-cp -rp src/* vscode/
+# cp -rp src/* vscode/
 cd vscode || exit
 
-../update_settings.sh
+# ../update_settings.sh
 
 # apply patches
-patch -u src/vs/platform/update/electron-main/updateService.win32.ts -i ../patches/update-cache-path.patch
+# patch -u src/vs/platform/update/electron-main/updateService.win32.ts -i ../patches/update-cache-path.patch
 
 CHILD_CONCURRENCY=1 yarn --frozen-lockfile
 yarn postinstall
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ if [[ "$BUILDARCH" == *"arm"* ]]; then
   npx electron-rebuild -f -w vscode-sqlite3
 fi
 
-mv product.json product.json.bak
+# mv product.json product.json.bak
 
 # set fields in product.json
 tipsAndTricksUrl='setpath(["tipsAndTricksUrl"]; "https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=852118")'
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ extensionAllowedProposedApi='setpath(["extensionAllowedProposedApi"]; getpath(["
 serverDataFolderName='setpath(["serverDataFolderName"]; ".vscode-server-oss")'
 
 product_json_changes="${tipsAndTricksUrl} | ${twitterUrl} | ${requestFeatureUrl} | ${documentationUrl} | ${introductoryVideosUrl} | ${extensionAllowedBadgeProviders} | ${updateUrl} | ${releaseNotesUrl} | ${keyboardShortcutsUrlMac} | ${keyboardShortcutsUrlLinux} | ${keyboardShortcutsUrlWin} | ${quality} | ${extensionsGallery} | ${linkProtectionTrustedDomains} | ${nameShort} | ${nameLong} | ${linuxIconName} | ${applicationName} | ${win32MutexName} | ${win32DirName} | ${win32NameVersion} | ${win32RegValueName} | ${win32AppUserModelId} | ${win32ShellNameShort} | ${win32x64UserAppId} | ${urlProtocol} | ${extensionAllowedProposedApi} | ${serverDataFolderName}"
-cat product.json.bak | jq "${product_json_changes}" > product.json
+# cat product.json.bak | jq "${product_json_changes}" > product.json
 cat product.json
 
-../undo_telemetry.sh
+# ../undo_telemetry.sh
 
 if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then
   # microsoft adds their apt repo to sources