diff --git a/python_files/unittestadapter/django_handler.py b/python_files/unittestadapter/django_handler.py
index dc520c13aff1..9daa816d0918 100644
--- a/python_files/unittestadapter/django_handler.py
+++ b/python_files/unittestadapter/django_handler.py
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@
 
 def django_discovery_runner(manage_py_path: str, args: List[str]) -> None:
     # Attempt a small amount of validation on the manage.py path.
-    try:
-        pathlib.Path(manage_py_path)
-    except Exception as e:
-        raise VSCodeUnittestError(f"Error running Django, manage.py path is not a valid path: {e}")  # noqa: B904
+    if not pathlib.Path(manage_py_path).exists():
+        raise VSCodeUnittestError("Error running Django, manage.py path does not exist.")
 
     try:
         # Get path to the custom_test_runner.py parent folder, add to sys.path and new environment used for subprocess.
@@ -61,10 +59,8 @@ def django_discovery_runner(manage_py_path: str, args: List[str]) -> None:
 
 def django_execution_runner(manage_py_path: str, test_ids: List[str], args: List[str]) -> None:
     # Attempt a small amount of validation on the manage.py path.
-    try:
-        pathlib.Path(manage_py_path)
-    except Exception as e:
-        raise VSCodeUnittestError(f"Error running Django, manage.py path is not a valid path: {e}")  # noqa: B904
+    if not pathlib.Path(manage_py_path).exists():
+        raise VSCodeUnittestError("Error running Django, manage.py path does not exist.")
 
     try:
         # Get path to the custom_test_runner.py parent folder, add to sys.path.
diff --git a/src/client/extensionInit.ts b/src/client/extensionInit.ts
index 851bc943cb8d..38b402b3c9de 100644
--- a/src/client/extensionInit.ts
+++ b/src/client/extensionInit.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 import { Container } from 'inversify';
 import { Disposable, Memento, window } from 'vscode';
-import { instance, mock } from 'ts-mockito';
 import { registerTypes as platformRegisterTypes } from './common/platform/serviceRegistry';
 import { registerTypes as processRegisterTypes } from './common/process/serviceRegistry';
 import { registerTypes as commonRegisterTypes } from './common/serviceRegistry';
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ import * as pythonEnvironments from './pythonEnvironments';
 import { IDiscoveryAPI } from './pythonEnvironments/base/locator';
 import { registerLogger } from './logging';
 import { OutputChannelLogger } from './logging/outputChannelLogger';
-import { WorkspaceService } from './common/application/workspace';
 
 // The code in this module should do nothing more complex than register
 // objects to DI and simple init (e.g. no side effects).  That implies
@@ -57,12 +55,7 @@ export function initializeGlobals(
     disposables.push(standardOutputChannel);
     disposables.push(registerLogger(new OutputChannelLogger(standardOutputChannel)));
 
-    const workspaceService = new WorkspaceService();
-    const unitTestOutChannel =
-        workspaceService.isVirtualWorkspace || !workspaceService.isTrusted
-            ? // Do not create any test related output UI when using virtual workspaces.
-              instance(mock<ITestOutputChannel>())
-            : window.createOutputChannel(OutputChannelNames.pythonTest);
+    const unitTestOutChannel = window.createOutputChannel(OutputChannelNames.pythonTest);
     disposables.push(unitTestOutChannel);
 
     serviceManager.addSingletonInstance<ILogOutputChannel>(ILogOutputChannel, standardOutputChannel);