diff --git a/src/lsptoolshost/dotnetRuntime/dotnetRuntimeExtensionResolver.ts b/src/lsptoolshost/dotnetRuntime/dotnetRuntimeExtensionResolver.ts
index 43cf177588..830fbc163d 100644
--- a/src/lsptoolshost/dotnetRuntime/dotnetRuntimeExtensionResolver.ts
+++ b/src/lsptoolshost/dotnetRuntime/dotnetRuntimeExtensionResolver.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import {
     IDotnetFindPathContext,
 } from './dotnetRuntimeExtensionApi';
 import { DotNetRuntimeExtensionId } from '../../checkDotNetRuntimeExtensionVersion';
-import { getCSharpDevKit } from '../../utils/getCSharpDevKit';
 
 const DotNetMajorVersion = '9';
 const DotNetMinorVersion = '0';
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ export class DotnetRuntimeExtensionResolver implements IHostExecutableResolver {
          * This is a function instead of a string because the server path can change while the extension is active (when the option changes).
          */
         private getServerPath: (platform: PlatformInformation) => string,
-        private channel: vscode.OutputChannel,
+        private channel: vscode.LogOutputChannel,
         private extensionPath: string
     ) {}
 
@@ -47,11 +46,12 @@ export class DotnetRuntimeExtensionResolver implements IHostExecutableResolver {
             return this.hostInfo;
         }
 
-        const usingDevkit = getCSharpDevKit() !== undefined;
+        //const usingDevkit = getCSharpDevKit() !== undefined;
         // If we're using devkit, acquire aspnetcore as well - this avoids two separate acquisitions (devkit requires aspnetcore).
-        const runtimeMode: DotnetInstallMode = usingDevkit ? 'aspnetcore' : 'runtime';
+        //const runtimeMode: DotnetInstallMode = usingDevkit ? 'aspnetcore' : 'runtime';
+        const runtimeMode = 'runtime';
 
-        this.channel.appendLine(`Locating .NET runtime version ${DotNetRuntimeVersion}`);
+        this.channel.info(`Locating .NET runtime version ${DotNetRuntimeVersion} with mode ${runtimeMode}`);
         const extensionArchitecture = (await this.getArchitectureFromTargetPlatform()) ?? process.arch;
         const findPathRequest: IDotnetFindPathContext = {
             acquireContext: {
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export class DotnetRuntimeExtensionResolver implements IHostExecutableResolver {
             findPathRequest
         );
         if (acquireResult === undefined) {
-            this.channel.appendLine(
+            this.channel.info(
                 `Did not find .NET ${DotNetRuntimeVersion} on path, falling back to acquire runtime via ${DotNetRuntimeExtensionId}`
             );
             acquireResult = await this.acquireDotNetProcessDependencies(runtimeMode);
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ export class DotnetRuntimeExtensionResolver implements IHostExecutableResolver {
         const vsixManifestFile = path.join(this.extensionPath, '.vsixmanifest');
         if (!existsSync(vsixManifestFile)) {
             // This is not an error as normal development F5 builds do not generate a .vsixmanifest file.
-            this.channel.appendLine(
+            this.channel.warn(
                 `Unable to find extension target platform - no vsix manifest file exists at ${vsixManifestFile}`
             );
             return undefined;