diff --git a/crates/copilot/src/copilot.rs b/crates/copilot/src/copilot.rs
index b51f6925513156ab1382c6c127f0c910a687b69e..4e6520906074c1384a4e500d89be43659c162718 100644
--- a/crates/copilot/src/copilot.rs
+++ b/crates/copilot/src/copilot.rs
@@ -516,8 +516,7 @@ impl Copilot {
                 None,
                 Default::default(),
                 cx,
-            )
-            .await?;
+            )?;
 
             server
                 .on_notification::<StatusNotification, _>(|_, _| { /* Silence the notification */ })
diff --git a/crates/lsp/src/lsp.rs b/crates/lsp/src/lsp.rs
index ea3b0b09d6ac1f03d4b51534ad7eaa5ec9424221..9ff6e245c49d771c162ca55fa98bbd7ca37d7bd0 100644
--- a/crates/lsp/src/lsp.rs
+++ b/crates/lsp/src/lsp.rs
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ pub struct AdapterServerCapabilities {
 
 impl LanguageServer {
     /// Starts a language server process.
-    pub async fn new(
+    pub fn new(
         stderr_capture: Arc<Mutex<Option<String>>>,
         server_id: LanguageServerId,
         server_name: LanguageServerName,
@@ -338,23 +338,19 @@ impl LanguageServer {
             working_dir,
             &binary.arguments
         );
-        let mut server = cx
-            .background_executor()
-            .await_on_background(async {
-                let mut command = util::command::new_smol_command(&binary.path);
-                command
-                    .current_dir(working_dir)
-                    .args(&binary.arguments)
-                    .envs(binary.env.clone().unwrap_or_default())
-                    .stdin(Stdio::piped())
-                    .stdout(Stdio::piped())
-                    .stderr(Stdio::piped())
-                    .kill_on_drop(true);
-                command
-                    .spawn()
-                    .with_context(|| format!("failed to spawn command {command:?}",))
-            })
-            .await?;
+        let mut command = util::command::new_smol_command(&binary.path);
+        command
+            .current_dir(working_dir)
+            .args(&binary.arguments)
+            .envs(binary.env.clone().unwrap_or_default())
+            .stdin(Stdio::piped())
+            .stdout(Stdio::piped())
+            .stderr(Stdio::piped())
+            .kill_on_drop(true);
+
+        let mut server = command
+            .spawn()
+            .with_context(|| format!("failed to spawn command {command:?}",))?;
 
         let stdin = server.stdin.take().unwrap();
         let stdout = server.stdout.take().unwrap();
diff --git a/crates/prettier/src/prettier.rs b/crates/prettier/src/prettier.rs
index 247d0a2656fd826604b174ca6ea98108202e3274..bc4ce609a1fd39e4303c5fd048a0c8605b3a3ddc 100644
--- a/crates/prettier/src/prettier.rs
+++ b/crates/prettier/src/prettier.rs
@@ -320,7 +320,6 @@ impl Prettier {
             Default::default(),
             &mut cx,
         )
-        .await
         .context("prettier server creation")?;
 
         let server = cx
diff --git a/crates/project/src/lsp_store.rs b/crates/project/src/lsp_store.rs
index 9514ea03eff5e5ee2135ebd5e406c473f3fdea8d..a8c639fe5930bf8c71d8bca5f2455364826c3514 100644
--- a/crates/project/src/lsp_store.rs
+++ b/crates/project/src/lsp_store.rs
@@ -425,7 +425,6 @@ impl LocalLspStore {
                     Some(pending_workspace_folders),
                     cx,
                 )
-                .await
             }
         });