diff --git a/site/src/api/api.ts b/site/src/api/api.ts
index c550cdecde..f866544ea4 100644
--- a/site/src/api/api.ts
+++ b/site/src/api/api.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
+/**
+ * @fileoverview This file is imported externally by things like vscode-coder so
+ * it must not import anything using aliases otherwise it will break when being
+ * imported by those external consumers.  For example, `utils/delay` must be
+ * imported using `../utils/delay` instead.
+ */
+
 import axios, { isAxiosError } from "axios";
 import type dayjs from "dayjs";
 import userAgentParser from "ua-parser-js";
-import { delay } from "utils/delay";
+import { delay } from "../utils/delay";
 import * as TypesGen from "./typesGenerated";
-// This needs to include the `../`, otherwise it breaks when importing into
-// vscode-coder.
 
 // Adds 304 for the default axios validateStatus function
 // https://github.com/axios/axios#handling-errors Check status here