diff --git a/ide/lsp.client/src/org/netbeans/modules/lsp/client/LSPBindings.java b/ide/lsp.client/src/org/netbeans/modules/lsp/client/LSPBindings.java
index 6744c6dbd6bf..34ca892d8240 100644
--- a/ide/lsp.client/src/org/netbeans/modules/lsp/client/LSPBindings.java
+++ b/ide/lsp.client/src/org/netbeans/modules/lsp/client/LSPBindings.java
@@ -161,6 +161,13 @@ public static synchronized LSPBindings getBindingsImpl(Project prj, FileObject f
 
         if (prj == null) {
             dir = file.getParent();
+            File dirFile = FileUtil.toFile(dir);
+            if (dirFile != null &&
+                dirFile.getName().startsWith("vcs-") &&
+                dirFile.getAbsolutePath().startsWith(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir"))) {
+                //diff dir, don't start servers:
+                return null;
+            }
         } else {
             dir = prj.getProjectDirectory();
         }