diff --git a/src/gitHubCopilotForAzure.ts b/src/gitHubCopilotForAzure.ts
index aad55a00..68205e17 100644
--- a/src/gitHubCopilotForAzure.ts
+++ b/src/gitHubCopilotForAzure.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import { callWithTelemetryAndErrorHandling, IActionContext, openUrl } from "@microsoft/vscode-azext-utils";
 import { commands, Extension, ExtensionContext, extensions, window } from "vscode";
-import { delay } from "./cloudConsole/cloudConsoleUtils";
+import { delay } from "./utils/delay";
 import { localize } from "./utils/localize";
 
 const ghcpExtensionId = 'github.copilot';
diff --git a/src/utils/delay.ts b/src/utils/delay.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..09bbfa51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/delay.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+ *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+export async function delay(delayMs: number): Promise<void> {
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve: () => void): void => { setTimeout(resolve, delayMs); });
+}