diff --git a/shell/lisa_shell b/shell/lisa_shell
index 6c87b106b3c2d254476b4d788803bae07c413941..c89e362182bf977e1b3b66c2a2be39a4d6ba76a3 100755
--- a/shell/lisa_shell
+++ b/shell/lisa_shell
@@ -177,7 +177,9 @@ function lisa-venv-activate {
 function lisa-venv-deactivate {
     if [[ ! -z "$VIRTUAL_ENV" ]]; then
         echo "Deactivating Python venv ($VIRTUAL_ENV) ..."
-        deactivate
+        # Under vscode, deactivate starts a bash process at the end, so we want
+        # it to exit. Normal deactivate script ignores stdin.
+        echo 'exit 0' | deactivate
     fi
 }