diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index a8e2b99d4e8a70..93e190d66f5cae 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -168,5 +168,6 @@
     "files.trimFinalNewlines": true,
     "C_Cpp.default.cppStandard": "gnu++14",
     "C_Cpp.default.cStandard": "gnu11",
-    "cmake.configureOnOpen": false
+    "cmake.configureOnOpen": false,
+    "search.followSymlinks": false
 }