diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/commandRunner.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/commandRunner.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 86b5cb971e1..00000000000
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/commandRunner.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-import { commands, Disposable } from "vscode";
-import {
-  showAndLogExceptionWithTelemetry,
-  showAndLogWarningMessage,
-} from "./helpers";
-import { extLogger } from "./common";
-import { asError, getErrorMessage, getErrorStack } from "./pure/helpers-pure";
-import { telemetryListener } from "./telemetry";
-import { redactableError } from "./pure/errors";
-import { UserCancellationException } from "./progress";
-
-/**
- * A task that handles command invocations from `commandRunner`.
- * Arguments passed to the command handler are passed along,
- * untouched to this `NoProgressTask` instance.
- *
- * @param args arguments passed to this task passed on from
- * `commands.registerCommand`.
- */
-export type NoProgressTask = (...args: any[]) => Promise<any>;
-
-/**
- * A generic wrapper for command registration. This wrapper adds uniform error handling for commands.
- *
- * In this variant of the command runner, no progress monitor is used.
- *
- * @param commandId The ID of the command to register.
- * @param task The task to run. It is passed directly to `commands.registerCommand`. Any
- * arguments to the command handler are passed on to the task.
- */
-export function commandRunner(
-  commandId: string,
-  task: NoProgressTask,
-  outputLogger = extLogger,
-): Disposable {
-  return commands.registerCommand(commandId, async (...args: any[]) => {
-    const startTime = Date.now();
-    let error: Error | undefined;
-
-    try {
-      return await task(...args);
-    } catch (e) {
-      error = asError(e);
-      const errorMessage = redactableError(error)`${
-        getErrorMessage(e) || e
-      } (${commandId})`;
-      const errorStack = getErrorStack(e);
-      if (e instanceof UserCancellationException) {
-        // User has cancelled this action manually
-        if (e.silent) {
-          void outputLogger.log(errorMessage.fullMessage);
-        } else {
-          void showAndLogWarningMessage(errorMessage.fullMessage, {
-            outputLogger,
-          });
-        }
-      } else {
-        // Include the full stack in the error log only.
-        const fullMessage = errorStack
-          ? `${errorMessage.fullMessage}\n${errorStack}`
-          : errorMessage.fullMessage;
-        void showAndLogExceptionWithTelemetry(errorMessage, {
-          outputLogger,
-          fullMessage,
-          extraTelemetryProperties: {
-            command: commandId,
-          },
-        });
-      }
-      return undefined;
-    } finally {
-      const executionTime = Date.now() - startTime;
-      telemetryListener?.sendCommandUsage(commandId, executionTime, error);
-    }
-  });
-}
diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/common/vscode/commands.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/common/vscode/commands.ts
index fc8db2a782c..04aa02a5b44 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/common/vscode/commands.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/common/vscode/commands.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,18 @@
-import { commands } from "vscode";
-import { commandRunner, NoProgressTask } from "../../commandRunner";
+import { commands, Disposable } from "vscode";
 import { CommandFunction, CommandManager } from "../../packages/commands";
-import { OutputChannelLogger } from "../logging";
+import { extLogger, OutputChannelLogger } from "../logging";
+import {
+  asError,
+  getErrorMessage,
+  getErrorStack,
+} from "../../pure/helpers-pure";
+import { redactableError } from "../../pure/errors";
+import { UserCancellationException } from "../../progress";
+import {
+  showAndLogExceptionWithTelemetry,
+  showAndLogWarningMessage,
+} from "../../helpers";
+import { telemetryListener } from "../../telemetry";
 
 /**
  * Create a command manager for VSCode, wrapping the commandRunner
@@ -10,11 +21,65 @@ import { OutputChannelLogger } from "../logging";
 export function createVSCodeCommandManager<
   Commands extends Record<string, CommandFunction>,
 >(outputLogger?: OutputChannelLogger): CommandManager<Commands> {
-  return new CommandManager((commandId, task: NoProgressTask) => {
-    return commandRunner(commandId, task, outputLogger);
+  return new CommandManager((commandId, task) => {
+    return registerCommandWithErrorHandling(commandId, task, outputLogger);
   }, wrapExecuteCommand);
 }
 
+/**
+ * A wrapper for command registration. This wrapper adds uniform error handling for commands.
+ *
+ * @param commandId The ID of the command to register.
+ * @param task The task to run. It is passed directly to `commands.registerCommand`. Any
+ * arguments to the command handler are passed on to the task.
+ */
+export function registerCommandWithErrorHandling(
+  commandId: string,
+  task: (...args: any[]) => Promise<any>,
+  outputLogger = extLogger,
+): Disposable {
+  return commands.registerCommand(commandId, async (...args: any[]) => {
+    const startTime = Date.now();
+    let error: Error | undefined;
+
+    try {
+      return await task(...args);
+    } catch (e) {
+      error = asError(e);
+      const errorMessage = redactableError(error)`${
+        getErrorMessage(e) || e
+      } (${commandId})`;
+      const errorStack = getErrorStack(e);
+      if (e instanceof UserCancellationException) {
+        // User has cancelled this action manually
+        if (e.silent) {
+          void outputLogger.log(errorMessage.fullMessage);
+        } else {
+          void showAndLogWarningMessage(errorMessage.fullMessage, {
+            outputLogger,
+          });
+        }
+      } else {
+        // Include the full stack in the error log only.
+        const fullMessage = errorStack
+          ? `${errorMessage.fullMessage}\n${errorStack}`
+          : errorMessage.fullMessage;
+        void showAndLogExceptionWithTelemetry(errorMessage, {
+          outputLogger,
+          fullMessage,
+          extraTelemetryProperties: {
+            command: commandId,
+          },
+        });
+      }
+      return undefined;
+    } finally {
+      const executionTime = Date.now() - startTime;
+      telemetryListener?.sendCommandUsage(commandId, executionTime, error);
+    }
+  });
+}
+
 /**
  * wrapExecuteCommand wraps commands.executeCommand to satisfy that the
  * type is a Promise. Type script does not seem to be smart enough
diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/extension.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/extension.ts
index 63ece980d15..fb973b9b776 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/extension.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/extension.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ import { QLTestAdapterFactory } from "./test-adapter";
 import { TestUIService } from "./test-ui";
 import { CompareView } from "./compare/compare-view";
 import { initializeTelemetry } from "./telemetry";
-import { commandRunner } from "./commandRunner";
 import { ProgressCallback, withProgress } from "./progress";
 import { CodeQlStatusBarHandler } from "./status-bar";
 import { getPackagingCommands } from "./packaging";
@@ -123,6 +122,7 @@ import {
 import { getAstCfgCommands } from "./ast-cfg-commands";
 import { getQueryEditorCommands } from "./query-editor";
 import { App } from "./common/app";
+import { registerCommandWithErrorHandling } from "./common/vscode/commands";
 
 /**
  * extension.ts
@@ -238,7 +238,9 @@ function registerErrorStubs(
     if (excludedCommands.indexOf(command) === -1) {
       // This is purposefully using `commandRunner` instead of the command manager because these
       // commands are untyped and registered pre-activation.
-      errorStubs.push(commandRunner(command, stubGenerator(command)));
+      errorStubs.push(
+        registerCommandWithErrorHandling(command, stubGenerator(command)),
+      );
     }
   });
 }
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ export async function activate(
   ctx.subscriptions.push(
     // This is purposefully using `commandRunner` directly instead of the command manager
     // because this command is registered pre-activation.
-    commandRunner(checkForUpdatesCommand, () =>
+    registerCommandWithErrorHandling(checkForUpdatesCommand, () =>
       installOrUpdateThenTryActivate(
         ctx,
         app,