diff --git a/crates/zed/src/languages/html.rs b/crates/zed/src/languages/html.rs
index 20f097ba7f..be5493b4cb 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/languages/html.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/languages/html.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
+use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use futures::StreamExt;
 use language::{LanguageServerBinary, LanguageServerName, LspAdapter};
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ use smol::fs;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::{any::Any, path::PathBuf, sync::Arc};
-use util::fs::remove_matching;
 use util::http::HttpClient;
 use util::ResultExt;
 
@@ -53,21 +52,15 @@ impl LspAdapter for HtmlLspAdapter {
         container_dir: PathBuf,
     ) -> Result<LanguageServerBinary> {
         let version = version.downcast::<String>().unwrap();
-        let version_dir = container_dir.join(version.as_str());
-        fs::create_dir_all(&version_dir)
-            .await
-            .context("failed to create version directory")?;
-        let server_path = version_dir.join(Self::SERVER_PATH);
+        let server_path = container_dir.join(Self::SERVER_PATH);
 
         if fs::metadata(&server_path).await.is_err() {
             self.node
                 .npm_install_packages(
                     [("vscode-langservers-extracted", version.as_str())],
-                    &version_dir,
+                    &container_dir,
                 )
                 .await?;
-
-            remove_matching(container_dir.as_path(), |entry| entry != version_dir).await;
         }
 
         Ok(LanguageServerBinary {
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/languages/json.rs b/crates/zed/src/languages/json.rs
index 6bb3d94c5a..a318be512c 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/languages/json.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/languages/json.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
+use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use collections::HashMap;
 use futures::{future::BoxFuture, FutureExt, StreamExt};
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use std::{
     sync::Arc,
 };
 use theme::ThemeRegistry;
-use util::{fs::remove_matching, http::HttpClient};
+use util::http::HttpClient;
 use util::{paths, ResultExt, StaffMode};
 
 const SERVER_PATH: &'static str =
@@ -70,21 +70,15 @@ impl LspAdapter for JsonLspAdapter {
         container_dir: PathBuf,
     ) -> Result<LanguageServerBinary> {
         let version = version.downcast::<String>().unwrap();
-        let version_dir = container_dir.join(version.as_str());
-        fs::create_dir_all(&version_dir)
-            .await
-            .context("failed to create version directory")?;
-        let server_path = version_dir.join(SERVER_PATH);
+        let server_path = container_dir.join(SERVER_PATH);
 
         if fs::metadata(&server_path).await.is_err() {
             self.node
                 .npm_install_packages(
                     [("vscode-json-languageserver", version.as_str())],
-                    &version_dir,
+                    &container_dir,
                 )
                 .await?;
-
-            remove_matching(&container_dir, |entry| entry != version_dir).await;
         }
 
         Ok(LanguageServerBinary {
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/languages/python.rs b/crates/zed/src/languages/python.rs
index d5fd865221..08476c9c21 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/languages/python.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/languages/python.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
+use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use futures::StreamExt;
 use language::{LanguageServerBinary, LanguageServerName, LspAdapter};
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ use std::{
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
     sync::Arc,
 };
-use util::fs::remove_matching;
 use util::http::HttpClient;
 use util::ResultExt;
 
@@ -50,18 +49,12 @@ impl LspAdapter for PythonLspAdapter {
         container_dir: PathBuf,
     ) -> Result<LanguageServerBinary> {
         let version = version.downcast::<String>().unwrap();
-        let version_dir = container_dir.join(version.as_str());
-        fs::create_dir_all(&version_dir)
-            .await
-            .context("failed to create version directory")?;
-        let server_path = version_dir.join(Self::SERVER_PATH);
+        let server_path = container_dir.join(Self::SERVER_PATH);
 
         if fs::metadata(&server_path).await.is_err() {
             self.node
-                .npm_install_packages([("pyright", version.as_str())], &version_dir)
+                .npm_install_packages([("pyright", version.as_str())], &container_dir)
                 .await?;
-
-            remove_matching(&container_dir, |entry| entry != version_dir).await;
         }
 
         Ok(LanguageServerBinary {
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/languages/typescript.rs b/crates/zed/src/languages/typescript.rs
index 0c6e7e3c09..d6097d9b06 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/languages/typescript.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/languages/typescript.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
+use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use futures::StreamExt;
 use language::{LanguageServerBinary, LanguageServerName, LspAdapter};
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ use std::{
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
     sync::Arc,
 };
-use util::fs::remove_matching;
 use util::http::HttpClient;
 use util::ResultExt;
 
@@ -69,14 +68,7 @@ impl LspAdapter for TypeScriptLspAdapter {
         container_dir: PathBuf,
     ) -> Result<LanguageServerBinary> {
         let versions = versions.downcast::<Versions>().unwrap();
-        let version_dir = container_dir.join(&format!(
-            "typescript-{}:server-{}",
-            versions.typescript_version, versions.server_version
-        ));
-        fs::create_dir_all(&version_dir)
-            .await
-            .context("failed to create version directory")?;
-        let server_path = version_dir.join(Self::NEW_SERVER_PATH);
+        let server_path = container_dir.join(Self::NEW_SERVER_PATH);
 
         if fs::metadata(&server_path).await.is_err() {
             self.node
@@ -88,11 +80,9 @@ impl LspAdapter for TypeScriptLspAdapter {
                             versions.server_version.as_str(),
                         ),
                     ],
-                    &version_dir,
+                    &container_dir,
                 )
                 .await?;
-
-            remove_matching(&container_dir, |entry| entry != version_dir).await;
         }
 
         Ok(LanguageServerBinary {
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/languages/yaml.rs b/crates/zed/src/languages/yaml.rs
index 7339512f1a..a34bbeb596 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/languages/yaml.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/languages/yaml.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
+use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use futures::{future::BoxFuture, FutureExt, StreamExt};
 use gpui::MutableAppContext;
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ use std::{
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
     sync::Arc,
 };
+use util::http::HttpClient;
 use util::ResultExt;
-use util::{fs::remove_matching, http::HttpClient};
 
 fn server_binary_arguments(server_path: &Path) -> Vec<OsString> {
     vec![server_path.into(), "--stdio".into()]
@@ -57,18 +57,12 @@ impl LspAdapter for YamlLspAdapter {
         container_dir: PathBuf,
     ) -> Result<LanguageServerBinary> {
         let version = version.downcast::<String>().unwrap();
-        let version_dir = container_dir.join(version.as_str());
-        fs::create_dir_all(&version_dir)
-            .await
-            .context("failed to create version directory")?;
-        let server_path = version_dir.join(Self::SERVER_PATH);
+        let server_path = container_dir.join(Self::SERVER_PATH);
 
         if fs::metadata(&server_path).await.is_err() {
             self.node
-                .npm_install_packages([("yaml-language-server", version.as_str())], &version_dir)
+                .npm_install_packages([("yaml-language-server", version.as_str())], &container_dir)
                 .await?;
-
-            remove_matching(&container_dir, |entry| entry != version_dir).await;
         }
 
         Ok(LanguageServerBinary {