diff --git a/test/smoke/src/areas/multiroot/multiroot.test.ts b/test/smoke/src/areas/multiroot/multiroot.test.ts
index 077c46bf7ed..76c46b5fe56 100644
--- a/test/smoke/src/areas/multiroot/multiroot.test.ts
+++ b/test/smoke/src/areas/multiroot/multiroot.test.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ async function createWorkspaceFile(workspacePath: string): Promise<string> {
 			{ path: toUri(path.join(workspacePath, 'views')) }
 		],
 		settings: {
-			'workbench.startupEditor': 'none'
+			'workbench.startupEditor': 'none',
+			'workbench.enableExperiments': false
 		}
 	};