diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 89534cb02f..3c17a9d8b8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1950,15 +1950,6 @@ version = "0.3.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3dcaa9ae7725d12cdb85b3ad99a434db70b468c09ded17e012d86b5c1010f7a7"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "future-wrap"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5bab12b2506593396c1339caf22beeb6f5cbe95dac5e376b71a3d17cbe2c4630"
-dependencies = [
- "pin-project",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "futures"
 version = "0.3.21"
@@ -7018,7 +7009,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "env_logger",
  "file_finder",
  "fsevent",
- "future-wrap",
  "futures",
  "fuzzy",
  "go_to_line",
diff --git a/crates/project/src/project.rs b/crates/project/src/project.rs
index dddaebf551..ca7052cb8b 100644
--- a/crates/project/src/project.rs
+++ b/crates/project/src/project.rs
@@ -1732,8 +1732,9 @@ impl Project {
                 .await?;
             this.update(&mut cx, |this, cx| {
                 this.assign_language_to_buffer(&buffer, cx);
-                this.register_buffer_with_language_server(&buffer, cx).await;
-            });
+                this.register_buffer_with_language_server(&buffer, cx)
+            })
+            .await;
             Ok(())
         })
     }
@@ -1791,6 +1792,7 @@ impl Project {
         .detach();
 
         self.assign_language_to_buffer(buffer, cx);
+        // TODO(isaac): should this be done in the background
         self.register_buffer_with_language_server(buffer, cx).await;
         cx.observe_release(buffer, |this, buffer, cx| {
             if let Some(file) = File::from_dyn(buffer.file()) {
diff --git a/crates/zed/Cargo.toml b/crates/zed/Cargo.toml
index 5bb441831b..e85824b692 100644
--- a/crates/zed/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/zed/Cargo.toml
@@ -102,8 +102,6 @@ tree-sitter-toml = { git = "https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-toml", re
 tree-sitter-typescript = "0.20.1"
 url = "2.2"
 
-# TODO(isaac): remove this
-future-wrap = "0.1.1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 text = { path = "../text", features = ["test-support"] }
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/languages/language_plugin.rs b/crates/zed/src/languages/language_plugin.rs
index 51284afb28..9494705c27 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/languages/language_plugin.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/languages/language_plugin.rs
@@ -9,31 +9,18 @@ use plugin_runtime::{Plugin, PluginBuilder, WasiFn};
 use std::{any::Any, path::PathBuf, sync::Arc};
 use util::ResultExt;
 
-use future_wrap::*;
-
 pub async fn new_json(executor: Arc<Background>) -> Result<PluginLspAdapter> {
     let plugin = PluginBuilder::new_with_default_ctx()?
         .host_function_async("command", |command: String| async move {
             dbg!(&command);
-
-            // TODO: actual thing
             let mut args = command.split(' ');
             let command = args.next().unwrap();
-
-            dbg!("Running external command");
-
-            let start = std::time::Instant::now();
-            let future = smol::process::Command::new(command).args(args).output();
-            let future = future.wrap(|fut, cx| {
-                dbg!("Poll command!");
-
-                let res = fut.poll(cx);
-                res
-            });
-            let future = future.await;
-            dbg!(start.elapsed());
-
-            future.log_err().map(|output| output.stdout)
+            smol::process::Command::new(command)
+                .args(args)
+                .output()
+                .await
+                .log_err()
+                .map(|output| output.stdout)
         })?
         .init(include_bytes!("../../../../plugins/bin/json_language.wasm"))
         .await?;