diff --git a/src/client/pythonEnvironments/common/externalDependencies.ts b/src/client/pythonEnvironments/common/externalDependencies.ts
index 6eb525b92e31..357967236c9e 100644
--- a/src/client/pythonEnvironments/common/externalDependencies.ts
+++ b/src/client/pythonEnvironments/common/externalDependencies.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import * as fsapi from 'fs-extra';
 import * as path from 'path';
+import { Worker } from 'worker_threads';
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import { IWorkspaceService } from '../../common/application/types';
 import { ExecutionResult, IProcessServiceFactory, ShellOptions, SpawnOptions } from '../../common/process/types';
@@ -200,3 +201,25 @@ export function onDidChangePythonSetting(name: string, callback: () => void, roo
         }
     });
 }
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any, @typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types
+export async function executeWorkerFile(workerFileName: string, workerData: any): Promise<any> {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        const worker = new Worker(workerFileName, { workerData });
+        worker.on('message', (res: { err: Error; res: unknown }) => {
+            if (res.err) {
+                reject(res.err);
+            }
+            resolve(res.res);
+        });
+        worker.on('error', (ex: Error) => {
+            traceError(`Error in worker ${workerFileName}`, ex);
+            reject(ex);
+        });
+        worker.on('exit', (code) => {
+            if (code !== 0) {
+                reject(new Error(`Worker ${workerFileName} stopped with exit code ${code}`));
+            }
+        });
+    });
+}
diff --git a/src/client/pythonEnvironments/common/windowsRegistry.ts b/src/client/pythonEnvironments/common/windowsRegistry.ts
index 0fc5f078192a..efac5bb3209f 100644
--- a/src/client/pythonEnvironments/common/windowsRegistry.ts
+++ b/src/client/pythonEnvironments/common/windowsRegistry.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@
 
 import { HKCU, HKLM, Options, REG_SZ, Registry, RegistryItem } from 'winreg';
 import * as path from 'path';
-import { Worker } from 'worker_threads';
 import { createDeferred } from '../../common/utils/async';
-import { traceError } from '../../logging';
+import { executeWorkerFile } from './externalDependencies';
 
 export { HKCU, HKLM, REG_SZ, Options };
 
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ export async function readRegistryValues(options: Options, useWorkerThreads: boo
         });
         return deferred.promise;
     }
-    return executeWorkerFile('registryValuesWorker.js', options);
+    return executeWorkerFile(path.join(__dirname, 'registryValuesWorker.js'), options);
 }
 
 export async function readRegistryKeys(options: Options, useWorkerThreads: boolean): Promise<IRegistryKey[]> {
@@ -57,26 +56,5 @@ export async function readRegistryKeys(options: Options, useWorkerThreads: boole
         });
         return deferred.promise;
     }
-    return executeWorkerFile('registryKeysWorker.js', options);
-}
-
-async function executeWorkerFile(workerFileName: string, workerData: any): Promise<any> {
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-        const worker = new Worker(path.join(__dirname, workerFileName), { workerData });
-        worker.on('message', (res: { err: Error; res: unknown }) => {
-            if (res.err) {
-                reject(res.err);
-            }
-            resolve(res.res);
-        });
-        worker.on('error', (ex: Error) => {
-            traceError(`Error in worker ${workerFileName}`, ex);
-            reject(ex);
-        });
-        worker.on('exit', (code) => {
-            if (code !== 0) {
-                reject(new Error(`Worker ${workerFileName} stopped with exit code ${code}`));
-            }
-        });
-    });
+    return executeWorkerFile(path.join(__dirname, 'registryKeysWorker.js'), options);
 }