diff --git a/extension.ts b/extension.ts
index 64212b6e4..07f801eaf 100644
--- a/extension.ts
+++ b/extension.ts
@@ -233,6 +233,15 @@ export async function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
     context,
     vscode.window.onDidChangeTextEditorSelection,
     async (e: vscode.TextEditorSelectionChangeEvent) => {
+      if (
+        vscode.window.activeTextEditor === undefined ||
+        e.textEditor.document !== vscode.window.activeTextEditor.document
+      ) {
+        // we don't care if there is no active editor
+        // or user selection changed in a paneled window (e.g debug console/terminal)
+        return;
+      }
+
       const mh = await getAndUpdateModeHandler();
 
       if (mh.vimState.focusChanged) {
diff --git a/test/configuration/validators/remappingValidator.test.ts b/test/configuration/validators/remappingValidator.test.ts
index 11ac38bbc..e72a21ec5 100644
--- a/test/configuration/validators/remappingValidator.test.ts
+++ b/test/configuration/validators/remappingValidator.test.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ suite('Remapping Validator', () => {
       {
         before: ['j', 'j'],
         after: ['<Esc>'],
-      }];
+      },
+    ];
     configuration.insertModeKeyBindingsNonRecursive = [];
     configuration.normalModeKeyBindings = [];
     configuration.normalModeKeyBindingsNonRecursive = [];
@@ -62,7 +63,10 @@ suite('Remapping Validator', () => {
     assert.equal(configuration.visualModeKeyBindingsMap.size, 0);
     assert.equal(configuration.visualModeKeyBindingsNonRecursiveMap.size, 0);
 
-    assert.equal(configuration.insertModeKeyBindingsMap.get("jj"), configuration.insertModeKeyBindings[0]);
+    assert.equal(
+      configuration.insertModeKeyBindingsMap.get('jj'),
+      configuration.insertModeKeyBindings[0]
+    );
   });
 
   test('remapping missing after and command', async () => {
@@ -70,8 +74,9 @@ suite('Remapping Validator', () => {
     let configuration = new Configuration();
     configuration.insertModeKeyBindings = [
       {
-        before: ['j', 'j']
-      }];
+        before: ['j', 'j'],
+      },
+    ];
     configuration.insertModeKeyBindingsNonRecursive = [];
     configuration.normalModeKeyBindings = [];
     configuration.normalModeKeyBindingsNonRecursive = [];
@@ -109,8 +114,8 @@ suite('Remapping Validator', () => {
       {
         before: ['c', 'o', 'p', 'y'],
         after: ['c', 'o', 'p', 'y'],
-      }
-    ]
+      },
+    ];
     configuration.normalModeKeyBindingsNonRecursive = [];
     configuration.visualModeKeyBindings = [];
     configuration.visualModeKeyBindingsNonRecursive = [];
@@ -132,4 +137,4 @@ suite('Remapping Validator', () => {
     assert.equal(configuration.visualModeKeyBindingsMap.size, 0);
     assert.equal(configuration.visualModeKeyBindingsNonRecursiveMap.size, 0);
   });
-});
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+});