diff --git a/scripts/importTypescript.js b/scripts/importTypescript.js
index 6a551da2..c5466e95 100644
--- a/scripts/importTypescript.js
+++ b/scripts/importTypescript.js
@@ -54,11 +54,14 @@ export const typescriptVersion = "${typeScriptDependencyVersion}";\n`
 		/^( +)var result = ts\.sys\.require\(.*$/m,
 		'$1// MONACOCHANGE\n$1var result = undefined;\n$1// END MONACOCHANGE'
 	);
-
 	tsServices = tsServices.replace(
 		/^( +)fs = require\("fs"\);$/m,
 		'$1// MONACOCHANGE\n$1fs = undefined;\n$1// END MONACOCHANGE'
 	);
+	tsServices = tsServices.replace(
+		/^( +)debugger;$/m,
+		'$1// MONACOCHANGE\n$1// debugger;\n$1// END MONACOCHANGE'
+	);
 
 	// Flag any new require calls (outside comments) so they can be corrected preemptively.
 	// To avoid missing cases (or using an even more complex regex), temporarily remove comments
diff --git a/src/lib/typescriptServices-amd.js b/src/lib/typescriptServices-amd.js
index f02906cf..88eaf23a 100644
--- a/src/lib/typescriptServices-amd.js
+++ b/src/lib/typescriptServices-amd.js
@@ -2467,7 +2467,9 @@ var ts;
             return true;
         }
         function fail(message, stackCrawlMark) {
-            debugger;
+            // MONACOCHANGE
+            // debugger;
+            // END MONACOCHANGE
             var e = new Error(message ? "Debug Failure. " + message : "Debug Failure.");
             if (Error.captureStackTrace) {
                 Error.captureStackTrace(e, stackCrawlMark || fail);
diff --git a/src/lib/typescriptServices.js b/src/lib/typescriptServices.js
index 04d0d82d..b9e8fadf 100644
--- a/src/lib/typescriptServices.js
+++ b/src/lib/typescriptServices.js
@@ -2467,7 +2467,9 @@ var ts;
             return true;
         }
         function fail(message, stackCrawlMark) {
-            debugger;
+            // MONACOCHANGE
+            // debugger;
+            // END MONACOCHANGE
             var e = new Error(message ? "Debug Failure. " + message : "Debug Failure.");
             if (Error.captureStackTrace) {
                 Error.captureStackTrace(e, stackCrawlMark || fail);