diff --git a/crates/workspace-api/src/lib.rs b/crates/workspace-api/src/lib.rs
index 0948c843..14bfb26a 100644
--- a/crates/workspace-api/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/workspace-api/src/lib.rs
@@ -1410,10 +1410,12 @@ mod workdir_typescript_tests {
         value
             .chars()
             .filter_map(|character| match character {
-                '\r' | '\n' | ' ' | '\t' => None,
-                _ => Some(character),
+                character if character.is_whitespace() => None,
+                ',' => Some(';'),
+                character => Some(character),
             })
-            .collect()
+            .collect::<String>()
+            .replace("=|", "=")
     }
 }