diff --git a/vscode/src/services/AuthProvider.ts b/vscode/src/services/AuthProvider.ts
index d3ce45978a11..6caac308d689 100644
--- a/vscode/src/services/AuthProvider.ts
+++ b/vscode/src/services/AuthProvider.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import { localStorage } from './LocalStorageProvider'
 import { secretStorage } from './SecretStorageProvider'
 import { telemetryService } from './telemetry'
 import { telemetryRecorder } from './telemetry-v2'
+import { getAuthReferralCode } from './AuthProviderSimplified'
 
 type Listener = (authStatus: AuthStatus) => void
 type Unsubscribe = () => void
@@ -35,7 +36,6 @@ type Unsubscribe = () => void
 export class AuthProvider {
     private endpointHistory: string[] = []
 
-    private appScheme = vscode.env.uriScheme
     private client: SourcegraphGraphQLAPIClient | null = null
 
     private authStatus: AuthStatus = defaultAuthStatus
@@ -396,10 +396,7 @@ export class AuthProvider {
         }
 
         const newTokenCallbackUrl = new URL('/user/settings/tokens/new/callback', endpoint)
-        newTokenCallbackUrl.searchParams.append(
-            'requestFrom',
-            this.appScheme === 'vscode-insiders' ? 'CODY_INSIDERS' : 'CODY'
-        )
+        newTokenCallbackUrl.searchParams.append('requestFrom', getAuthReferralCode())
         this.authStatus.endpoint = endpoint
         void vscode.env.openExternal(vscode.Uri.parse(newTokenCallbackUrl.href))
     }
diff --git a/vscode/src/services/AuthProviderSimplified.ts b/vscode/src/services/AuthProviderSimplified.ts
index 3c8562926b0d..83e8e64d37e1 100644
--- a/vscode/src/services/AuthProviderSimplified.ts
+++ b/vscode/src/services/AuthProviderSimplified.ts
@@ -22,19 +22,26 @@ export class AuthProviderSimplified {
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns a known referral code to use based on the current VS Code environment.
+ */
+export function getAuthReferralCode(): string {
+    return (
+        {
+            'vscode-insiders': 'CODY_INSIDERS',
+            vscodium: 'CODY_VSCODIUM',
+            cursor: 'CODY_CURSOR',
+        }[vscode.env.uriScheme] || 'CODY'
+    )
+}
+
 // Opens authentication URLs for simplified onboarding.
 async function openExternalAuthUrl(provider: AuthMethod): Promise<boolean> {
     // Create the chain of redirects:
     // 1. Specific login page (GitHub, etc.) redirects to the post-sign up survey
     // 2. Post-sign up survery redirects to the new token page
     // 3. New token page redirects back to the extension with the new token
-    const uriScheme = vscode.env.uriScheme
-    const referralCode =
-        {
-            'vscode-insiders': 'CODY_INSIDERS',
-            vscodium: 'CODY_VSCODIUM',
-            cursor: 'CODY_CURSOR',
-        }[uriScheme] || 'CODY'
+    const referralCode = getAuthReferralCode()
     const newTokenUrl = `/user/settings/tokens/new/callback?requestFrom=${referralCode}`
     const postSignUpSurveyUrl = `/post-sign-up?returnTo=${newTokenUrl}`
     const site = DOTCOM_URL.toString() // Note, ends with the path /