diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/Hover.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/Hover.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/Hover.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/Hover.cpp
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@
 bool isLiteral(const Expr *E) {
   // Unfortunately there's no common base Literal classes inherits from
   // (apart from Expr), therefore these exclusions.
-  return llvm::isa<CharacterLiteral>(E) || llvm::isa<CompoundLiteralExpr>(E) ||
+  return llvm::isa<CompoundLiteralExpr>(E) ||
          llvm::isa<CXXBoolLiteralExpr>(E) ||
          llvm::isa<CXXNullPtrLiteralExpr>(E) ||
          llvm::isa<FixedPointLiteral>(E) || llvm::isa<FloatingLiteral>(E) ||
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/HoverTests.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/HoverTests.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/HoverTests.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/HoverTests.cpp
@@ -1224,7 +1224,6 @@
           )cpp",
       // literals
       "auto x = t^rue;",
-      "auto x = '^A';",
       "auto x = ^(int){42};",
       "auto x = ^42.;",
       "auto x = ^42.0i;",
@@ -1250,6 +1249,11 @@
     const char *const Code;
     const std::function<void(HoverInfo &)> ExpectedBuilder;
   } Cases[] = {
+      {"auto x = [['^A']]; // character literal",
+       [](HoverInfo &HI) {
+         HI.Name = "expression", HI.Type = "char";
+         HI.Value = "65 (0x41)";
+       }},
       {
           R"cpp(// Local variable
             int main() {