diff --git a/vscode-ng-language-service/syntaxes/src/template.ts b/vscode-ng-language-service/syntaxes/src/template.ts
index 0fd061cc755..e88d43fd4ac 100644
--- a/vscode-ng-language-service/syntaxes/src/template.ts
+++ b/vscode-ng-language-service/syntaxes/src/template.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {GrammarDefinition} from './types';
 
 export const Template: GrammarDefinition = {
   scopeName: 'template.ng',
-  injectionSelector: 'L:text.html -comment -control.block.ng',
+  injectionSelector: 'L:text.html -comment -control.block.ng -meta.definition.variable.ng',
   patterns: [{include: '#interpolation'}],
   repository: {
     interpolation: {
diff --git a/vscode-ng-language-service/syntaxes/template.json b/vscode-ng-language-service/syntaxes/template.json
index c81b0e488f5..4714634caf2 100644
--- a/vscode-ng-language-service/syntaxes/template.json
+++ b/vscode-ng-language-service/syntaxes/template.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "scopeName": "template.ng",
-  "injectionSelector": "L:text.html -comment -control.block.ng",
+  "injectionSelector": "L:text.html -comment -control.block.ng -meta.definition.variable.ng",
   "patterns": [
     {
       "include": "#interpolation"