diff --git a/server/src/server.ts b/server/src/server.ts
index 194240e6bd..2b0a1cbfcb 100644
--- a/server/src/server.ts
+++ b/server/src/server.ts
@@ -29,8 +29,10 @@ const logger = createLogger({
 const ts = resolveTsServer(options.tsProbeLocations);
 const ng = resolveNgLangSvc(options.ngProbeLocations, options.ivy);
 
+const isG3 = ts.resolvedPath.includes('/google3/');
+
 // ServerHost provides native OS functionality
-const host = new ServerHost();
+const host = new ServerHost(isG3);
 
 // Establish a new server session that encapsulates lsp connection.
 const session = new Session({
@@ -39,8 +41,7 @@ const session = new Session({
   // TypeScript allows only package names as plugin names.
   ngPlugin: '@angular/language-service',
   resolvedNgLsPath: ng.resolvedPath,
-  resolvedTsLsPath: ts.resolvedPath,
-  ivy: options.ivy,
+  ivy: isG3 ? true : options.ivy,
   logToConsole: options.logToConsole,
 });
 
diff --git a/server/src/server_host.ts b/server/src/server_host.ts
index 698227718c..8407d3d2f9 100644
--- a/server/src/server_host.ts
+++ b/server/src/server_host.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 
 import * as ts from 'typescript/lib/tsserverlibrary';
 
+const NOOP_WATCHER: ts.FileWatcher = {
+  close() {},
+};
+
 /**
  * `ServerHost` is a wrapper around `ts.sys` for the Node system. In Node, all
  * optional methods of `ts.System` are implemented.
@@ -19,7 +23,7 @@ export class ServerHost implements ts.server.ServerHost {
   readonly newLine: string;
   readonly useCaseSensitiveFileNames: boolean;
 
-  constructor() {
+  constructor(readonly isG3: boolean) {
     this.args = ts.sys.args;
     this.newLine = ts.sys.newLine;
     this.useCaseSensitiveFileNames = ts.sys.useCaseSensitiveFileNames;
@@ -56,6 +60,9 @@ export class ServerHost implements ts.server.ServerHost {
 
   watchDirectory(path: string, callback: ts.DirectoryWatcherCallback, recursive?: boolean):
       ts.FileWatcher {
+    if (this.isG3 && path.startsWith('/google/src')) {
+      return NOOP_WATCHER;
+    }
     return ts.sys.watchDirectory!(path, callback, recursive);
   }
 
diff --git a/server/src/session.ts b/server/src/session.ts
index 840b7b7190..3518273cac 100644
--- a/server/src/session.ts
+++ b/server/src/session.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import {isNgLanguageService, NgLanguageService, PluginConfig} from '@angular/language-service/api';
+import * as assert from 'assert';
 import * as ts from 'typescript/lib/tsserverlibrary';
 import * as lsp from 'vscode-languageserver/node';
 
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ export interface SessionOptions {
   logger: ts.server.Logger;
   ngPlugin: string;
   resolvedNgLsPath: string;
-  resolvedTsLsPath: string;
   ivy: boolean;
   logToConsole: boolean;
 }
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ export class Session {
       angularOnly: true,
       ivy: options.ivy,
     };
-    if (options.resolvedTsLsPath.includes('/google3/')) {
-      pluginConfig.ivy = true;
+    if (options.host.isG3) {
+      assert(options.ivy === true, 'Ivy LS must be used in google3');
       pluginConfig.forceStrictTemplates = true;
     }
     projSvc.configurePlugin({