diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index 58816245045893bd980bcb630886245f11f6c559..d8db4b3143b96c0843102dc328cb48cd0b7ebbfd 100755
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@   SymbolInformation,
   Position,
   Range,
   TextEditorDecorationType,
-  RelativePattern,
 } from 'vscode'
 import { LanguageClient, LanguageClientOptions, TransportKind } from 'vscode-languageclient/node'
 import { DEFAULT_LANGUAGES } from './lib/languages'
@@ -29,11 +28,8 @@ 
 const CLIENT_ID = 'tailwindcss-intellisense'
 const CLIENT_NAME = 'Tailwind CSS IntelliSense'
 
-const CONFIG_FILE_GLOB = 'tailwind.config.{js,cjs}'
-
 let clients: Map<string, LanguageClient> = new Map()
 let languages: Map<string, string[]> = new Map()
-let searchedFolders: Set<string> = new Set()
 
 let _sortedWorkspaceFolders: string[] | undefined
 function sortedWorkspaceFolders(): string[] {
@@ -87,19 +83,6 @@       outputChannel.show()
     })
   )
 
-  let watcher = Workspace.createFileSystemWatcher(`**/${CONFIG_FILE_GLOB}`, false, true, true)
-
-  watcher.onDidCreate((uri) => {
-    let folder = Workspace.getWorkspaceFolder(uri)
-    if (!folder) {
-      return
-    }
-    folder = getOuterMostWorkspaceFolder(folder)
-    bootWorkspaceClient(folder)
-  })
-
-  context.subscriptions.push(watcher)
-
   // TODO: check if the actual language MAPPING changed
   // not just the language IDs
   // e.g. "plaintext" already exists but you change it from "html" to "css"
@@ -134,13 +117,6 @@ 
     // placeholder so we don't boot another server before this one is ready
     clients.set(folder.uri.toString(), null)
 
-    if (!languages.has(folder.uri.toString())) {
-      languages.set(
-        folder.uri.toString(),
-        dedupe([...DEFAULT_LANGUAGES, ...Object.keys(getUserLanguages(folder))])
-      )
-    }
-
     let debugOptions = {
       execArgv: ['--nolazy', `--inspect=${6011 + clients.size}`],
     }
@@ -279,7 +255,6 @@       synchronize: {
         configurationSection: ['editor', 'tailwindCSS'],
       },
     }
-
     let client = new LanguageClient(CLIENT_ID, CLIENT_NAME, serverOptions, clientOptions)
 
     client.onReady().then(() => {
@@ -309,7 +284,7 @@     client.start()
     clients.set(folder.uri.toString(), client)
   }
 
-  async function didOpenTextDocument(document: TextDocument): Promise<void> {
+  function didOpenTextDocument(document: TextDocument): void {
     // We are only interested in language mode text
     if (document.uri.scheme !== 'file') {
       return
@@ -325,18 +300,11 @@     }
     // If we have nested workspace folders we only start a server on the outer most workspace folder.
     folder = getOuterMostWorkspaceFolder(folder)
 
-    if (searchedFolders.has(folder.uri.toString())) return
-
-    searchedFolders.add(folder.uri.toString())
-
-    let [configFile] = await Workspace.findFiles(
-      new RelativePattern(folder, `**/${CONFIG_FILE_GLOB}`),
-      '**/node_modules/**',
-      1
-    )
-
-    if (!configFile) {
-      return
+    if (!languages.has(folder.uri.toString())) {
+      languages.set(
+        folder.uri.toString(),
+        dedupe([...DEFAULT_LANGUAGES, ...Object.keys(getUserLanguages())])
+      )
     }
 
     bootWorkspaceClient(folder)
@@ -348,7 +316,6 @@   Workspace.onDidChangeWorkspaceFolders((event) => {
     for (let folder of event.removed) {
       let client = clients.get(folder.uri.toString())
       if (client) {
-        searchedFolders.delete(folder.uri.toString())
         clients.delete(folder.uri.toString())
         client.stop()
       }