diff --git a/.changeset/long-cups-lie.md b/.changeset/long-cups-lie.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e8f0623f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/long-cups-lie.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte-vscode': patch
+---
+
+Removed outdated usage of "experimental-modules" runtime flag in svelte-vscode package
diff --git a/packages/svelte-vscode/src/extension.ts b/packages/svelte-vscode/src/extension.ts
index b8f435a0f..030dadeed 100644
--- a/packages/svelte-vscode/src/extension.ts
+++ b/packages/svelte-vscode/src/extension.ts
@@ -120,9 +120,7 @@ export function activateSvelteLanguageServer(context: ExtensionContext) {
     const serverModule = require.resolve(lsPath || 'svelte-language-server/bin/server.js');
     console.log('Loading server from ', serverModule);
 
-    // Add --experimental-modules flag for people using node 12 < version < 12.17
-    // Remove this in mid 2022 and bump vs code minimum required version to 1.55
-    const runExecArgv: string[] = ['--experimental-modules'];
+    const runExecArgv: string[] = [];
 
     const runtimeArgs = runtimeConfig.get<string[]>('runtime-args');
     if (runtimeArgs !== undefined) {