diff --git a/src/client/activation/languageClientMiddleware.ts b/src/client/activation/languageClientMiddleware.ts
index c34aadc80208..110d7461c615 100644
--- a/src/client/activation/languageClientMiddleware.ts
+++ b/src/client/activation/languageClientMiddleware.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export class LanguageClientMiddleware extends LanguageClientMiddlewareBase {
         );
     }
 
-    private shouldCreateHidingMiddleware(jupyterDependencyManager: IJupyterExtensionDependencyManager): boolean {
+    protected shouldCreateHidingMiddleware(jupyterDependencyManager: IJupyterExtensionDependencyManager): boolean {
         return jupyterDependencyManager && jupyterDependencyManager.isJupyterExtensionInstalled;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/client/activation/node/languageClientMiddleware.ts b/src/client/activation/node/languageClientMiddleware.ts
index a749ee9e02b9..fbc534f17e1c 100644
--- a/src/client/activation/node/languageClientMiddleware.ts
+++ b/src/client/activation/node/languageClientMiddleware.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ export class NodeLanguageClientMiddleware extends LanguageClientMiddleware {
         }
     }
 
+    // eslint-disable-next-line class-methods-use-this
+    protected shouldCreateHidingMiddleware(_: IJupyterExtensionDependencyManager): boolean {
+        return false;
+    }
+
     protected async onExtensionChange(jupyterDependencyManager: IJupyterExtensionDependencyManager): Promise<void> {
         if (jupyterDependencyManager && jupyterDependencyManager.isJupyterExtensionInstalled) {
             await this.lspNotebooksExperiment.onJupyterInstalled();