diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c338e141c8d..4306e9589e8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ vscode.lsif
 vscode.db
 /.profile-oss
 /cli/target
+product.overrides.json
diff --git a/product.overrides.json b/product.overrides.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 0967ef424bc..00000000000
--- a/product.overrides.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{}
diff --git a/src/bootstrap-amd.js b/src/bootstrap-amd.js
index f8cb1dbdac9..a96b5096773 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap-amd.js
+++ b/src/bootstrap-amd.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ globalThis._VSCODE_NODE_MODULES = new Proxy(Object.create(null), { get: (_target
 let product = require('../product.json');
 if (process.env['VSCODE_DEV']) {
 	// Patch product overrides when running out of sources
-	product = Object.assign(product, require('../product.overrides.json'));
+	try { product = Object.assign(product, require(require('path').join(__dirname, '../product.overrides.json'))); } catch (error) { /* ignore */ }
 }
 globalThis._VSCODE_PRODUCT_JSON = product;
 globalThis._VSCODE_PACKAGE_JSON = require('../package.json');
diff --git a/src/bootstrap-window.js b/src/bootstrap-window.js
index e2009358f5c..7f48fdb4898 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap-window.js
+++ b/src/bootstrap-window.js
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 			let product = (require.__$__nodeRequire ?? require)(configuration.appRoot + '/product.json');
 			if (process.env['VSCODE_DEV']) {
 				// Patch product overrides when running out of sources
-				product = Object.assign(product, (require.__$__nodeRequire ?? require)(configuration.appRoot + '/product.overrides.json'));
+				try { product = Object.assign(product, (require.__$__nodeRequire ?? require)(configuration.appRoot + '/product.overrides.json')); } catch (error) { /* ignore */ }
 			}
 			globalThis._VSCODE_PRODUCT_JSON = product;
 			globalThis._VSCODE_PACKAGE_JSON = (require.__$__nodeRequire ?? require)(configuration.appRoot + '/package.json');