diff --git a/patches/disable-signature-verification.patch b/patches/disable-signature-verification.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..52d02ab4e5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/disable-signature-verification.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+diff --git a/src/vs/platform/extensionManagement/node/extensionDownloader.ts b/src/vs/platform/extensionManagement/node/extensionDownloader.ts
+index 0ddae28..2e3c9b2 100644
+--- a/src/vs/platform/extensionManagement/node/extensionDownloader.ts
++++ b/src/vs/platform/extensionManagement/node/extensionDownloader.ts
+@@ -11,3 +11,2 @@ import { joinPath } from 'vs/base/common/resources';
+ import * as semver from 'vs/base/common/semver/semver';
+-import { isBoolean } from 'vs/base/common/types';
+ import { URI } from 'vs/base/common/uri';
+@@ -51,2 +50,3 @@ export class ExtensionsDownloader extends Disposable {
+ 		@IExtensionGalleryService private readonly extensionGalleryService: IExtensionGalleryService,
++		// @ts-expect-error no-unused-variable
+ 		@IConfigurationService private readonly configurationService: IConfigurationService,
+@@ -116,4 +116,3 @@ export class ExtensionsDownloader extends Disposable {
+ 
+-		const value = this.configurationService.getValue('extensions.verifySignature');
+-		return isBoolean(value) ? value : true;
++		return false;
+ 	}