diff --git a/src/client/common/extensions.ts b/src/client/common/extensions.ts
index e595becd8331..616b21a33365 100644
--- a/src/client/common/extensions.ts
+++ b/src/client/common/extensions.ts
@@ -39,26 +39,6 @@ declare interface String {
     trimQuotes(): string;
 }
 
-declare interface Array<T> {
-    /**
-     * Returns the elements of an array that meet the condition specified in an async callback function.
-     * @param asyncPredicate The filter method calls the async predicate function one time for each element in the array.
-     */
-    asyncFilter(asyncPredicate: (value: T) => Promise<unknown>): Promise<T[]>;
-}
-
-/**
- * Returns the elements of an array that meet the condition specified in an async callback function.
- * @param asyncPredicate The filter method calls the async predicate function one time for each element in the array.
- */
-Array.prototype.asyncFilter = async function <T>(
-    this: T[],
-    asyncPredicate: (value: T) => Promise<unknown>,
-): Promise<T[]> {
-    const results = await Promise.all(this.map(asyncPredicate));
-    return this.filter((_v, index) => results[index]);
-};
-
 /**
  * Split a string using the cr and lf characters and return them as an array.
  * By default lines are trimmed and empty lines are removed.
diff --git a/src/client/common/utils/arrayUtils.ts b/src/client/common/utils/arrayUtils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c58f5a088942
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/common/utils/arrayUtils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+/**
+ * Returns the elements of an array that meet the condition specified in an async callback function.
+ * @param asyncPredicate The filter method calls the async predicate function one time for each element in the array.
+ */
+export async function asyncFilter<T>(arr: T[], asyncPredicate: (value: T) => Promise<unknown>): Promise<T[]> {
+    const results = await Promise.all(arr.map(asyncPredicate));
+    return arr.filter((_v, index) => results[index]);
+}
diff --git a/src/client/pythonEnvironments/base/locators/lowLevel/workspaceVirtualEnvLocator.ts b/src/client/pythonEnvironments/base/locators/lowLevel/workspaceVirtualEnvLocator.ts
index 3bf0dfa60d4f..54a37b115835 100644
--- a/src/client/pythonEnvironments/base/locators/lowLevel/workspaceVirtualEnvLocator.ts
+++ b/src/client/pythonEnvironments/base/locators/lowLevel/workspaceVirtualEnvLocator.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import { buildEnvInfo } from '../../info/env';
 import { IPythonEnvsIterator } from '../../locator';
 import { FSWatchingLocator } from './fsWatchingLocator';
 import '../../../../common/extensions';
+import { asyncFilter } from '../../../../common/utils/arrayUtils';
 
 /**
  * Default number of levels of sub-directories to recurse when looking for interpreters.
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ const DEFAULT_SEARCH_DEPTH = 2;
  * Gets all default virtual environment locations to look for in a workspace.
  */
 function getWorkspaceVirtualEnvDirs(root: string): Promise<string[]> {
-    return [root, path.join(root, '.direnv')].asyncFilter(pathExists);
+    return asyncFilter([root, path.join(root, '.direnv')], pathExists);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/client/pythonEnvironments/discovery/locators/services/customVirtualEnvLocator.ts b/src/client/pythonEnvironments/discovery/locators/services/customVirtualEnvLocator.ts
index 05ffdcc5a257..5206a86f50ca 100644
--- a/src/client/pythonEnvironments/discovery/locators/services/customVirtualEnvLocator.ts
+++ b/src/client/pythonEnvironments/discovery/locators/services/customVirtualEnvLocator.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import {
     isVirtualenvwrapperEnvironment,
 } from './virtualEnvironmentIdentifier';
 import '../../../../common/extensions';
+import { asyncFilter } from '../../../../common/utils/arrayUtils';
 /**
  * Default number of levels of sub-directories to recurse when looking for interpreters.
  */
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ async function getCustomVirtualEnvDirs(): Promise<string[]> {
     if (homeDir && (await pathExists(homeDir))) {
         venvFolders.map((item) => path.join(homeDir, item)).forEach((d) => venvDirs.push(d));
     }
-    return uniq(venvDirs).asyncFilter(pathExists);
+    return asyncFilter(uniq(venvDirs), pathExists);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/client/pythonEnvironments/discovery/locators/services/globalVirtualEnvronmentLocator.ts b/src/client/pythonEnvironments/discovery/locators/services/globalVirtualEnvronmentLocator.ts
index 60cff72b334b..23c94eab13bd 100644
--- a/src/client/pythonEnvironments/discovery/locators/services/globalVirtualEnvronmentLocator.ts
+++ b/src/client/pythonEnvironments/discovery/locators/services/globalVirtualEnvronmentLocator.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import {
     isVirtualenvwrapperEnvironment,
 } from './virtualEnvironmentIdentifier';
 import '../../../../common/extensions';
+import { asyncFilter } from '../../../../common/utils/arrayUtils';
 
 const DEFAULT_SEARCH_DEPTH = 2;
 /**
@@ -48,7 +49,10 @@ async function getGlobalVirtualEnvDirs(): Promise<string[]> {
         if (getOSType() !== OSType.Windows) {
             subDirs.push('envs');
         }
-        const filtered = await subDirs.map((d) => path.join(homeDir, d)).asyncFilter(pathExists);
+        const filtered = await asyncFilter(
+            subDirs.map((d) => path.join(homeDir, d)),
+            pathExists,
+        );
         filtered.forEach((d) => venvDirs.push(d));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/client/pythonEnvironments/discovery/locators/services/poetryLocator.ts b/src/client/pythonEnvironments/discovery/locators/services/poetryLocator.ts
index a0c7a03d8ed7..ba931072cb76 100644
--- a/src/client/pythonEnvironments/discovery/locators/services/poetryLocator.ts
+++ b/src/client/pythonEnvironments/discovery/locators/services/poetryLocator.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
 import { getFileInfo, isParentPath, pathExists } from '../../../common/externalDependencies';
 import { isPoetryEnvironment, localPoetryEnvDirName, Poetry } from './poetry';
 import '../../../../common/extensions';
+import { asyncFilter } from '../../../../common/utils/arrayUtils';
 
 /**
  * Gets all default virtual environment locations to look for in a workspace.
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ async function getVirtualEnvDirs(root: string): Promise<string[]> {
     if (virtualenvs) {
         envDirs.push(...virtualenvs);
     }
-    return envDirs.asyncFilter(pathExists);
+    return asyncFilter(envDirs, pathExists);
 }
 
 async function getRootVirtualEnvDir(root: string): Promise<string[]> {
diff --git a/src/test/common/extensions.unit.test.ts b/src/test/common/extensions.unit.test.ts
index dcd56fb4d22c..874b6e9bdcfb 100644
--- a/src/test/common/extensions.unit.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/common/extensions.unit.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { assert, expect } from 'chai';
 import '../../client/common/extensions';
+import { asyncFilter } from '../../client/common/utils/arrayUtils';
 
 // Defines a Mocha test suite to group tests of similar kind together
 suite('String Extensions', () => {
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ suite('String Extensions', () => {
 suite('Array extensions', () => {
     test('Async filter should filter items', async () => {
         const stringArray = ['Hello', 'I', 'am', 'the', 'Python', 'extension'];
-        const result = await stringArray.asyncFilter(async (s: string) => {
+        const result = await asyncFilter(stringArray, async (s: string) => {
             return s.length > 4;
         });
         assert.deepEqual(result, ['Hello', 'Python', 'extension']);