diff --git a/firebase-vscode/CHANGELOG.md b/firebase-vscode/CHANGELOG.md
index 0395fe52340..1b7336e90ff 100644
--- a/firebase-vscode/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/firebase-vscode/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## NEXT
 
+- [Fixed] Extension properly picks up firebase.json changes during Firebase Init flow
+
 ## 0.7.0
 
 - Updated internal firebase-tools dependency to 13.16.0
diff --git a/firebase-vscode/src/cli.ts b/firebase-vscode/src/cli.ts
index c59f0a89100..f2035e79663 100644
--- a/firebase-vscode/src/cli.ts
+++ b/firebase-vscode/src/cli.ts
@@ -131,10 +131,6 @@ export async function login() {
 }
 
 export async function listProjects() {
-  const loggedInUser = await requireAuthWrapper(false);
-  if (!loggedInUser) {
-    return [];
-  }
   return listFirebaseProjects();
 }
 
diff --git a/firebase-vscode/src/core/user.ts b/firebase-vscode/src/core/user.ts
index 1b911695b04..df721e3008a 100644
--- a/firebase-vscode/src/core/user.ts
+++ b/firebase-vscode/src/core/user.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export const isServiceAccount = computed(() => {
 });
 
 export async function checkLogin() {
-    return await requireAuthWrapper();
+  return await requireAuthWrapper();
 }
 
 export function registerUser(broker: ExtensionBrokerImpl, telemetryLogger: TelemetryLogger): Disposable {