diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/AST.h b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/AST.h
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/AST.h
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/AST.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 /// Example: shortenNamespace("ns1::MyClass<ns1::OtherClass>", "ns1")
 ///    --> "MyClass<ns1::OtherClass>"
 std::string  shortenNamespace(const llvm::StringRef OriginalName,
-                              const llvm::StringRef CurrentNamespace);
+                            const llvm::StringRef CurrentNamespace);
 
 
 } // namespace clangd
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ClangdUnit.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ClangdUnit.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ClangdUnit.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ClangdUnit.cpp
@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@
 #include "index/CanonicalIncludes.h"
 #include "index/Index.h"
 #include "clang/AST/ASTContext.h"
+#include "clang/AST/Decl.h"
+#include "clang/AST/DeclCXX.h"
 #include "clang/Basic/LangOptions.h"
 #include "clang/Basic/SourceManager.h"
+#include "clang/Basic/Specifiers.h"
 #include "clang/Basic/TokenKinds.h"
 #include "clang/Frontend/CompilerInstance.h"
 #include "clang/Frontend/CompilerInvocation.h"
@@ -60,6 +63,12 @@
   return Vec.capacity() * sizeof(T);
 }
 
+template <class T> bool isImplicitTemplateInstantiation(const Decl *D) {
+  if (const auto *TD = dyn_cast<T>(D))
+    return TD->getTemplateSpecializationKind() == TSK_ImplicitInstantiation;
+  return false;
+}
+
 class DeclTrackingASTConsumer : public ASTConsumer {
 public:
   DeclTrackingASTConsumer(std::vector<Decl *> &TopLevelDecls)
@@ -70,6 +79,10 @@
       auto &SM = D->getASTContext().getSourceManager();
       if (!isInsideMainFile(D->getLocation(), SM))
         continue;
+      if (isImplicitTemplateInstantiation<FunctionDecl>(D) ||
+          isImplicitTemplateInstantiation<CXXRecordDecl>(D) ||
+          isImplicitTemplateInstantiation<VarDecl>(D))
+        continue;
 
       // ObjCMethodDecl are not actually top-level decls.
       if (isa<ObjCMethodDecl>(D))
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/ClangdUnitTests.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/ClangdUnitTests.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/ClangdUnitTests.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/ClangdUnitTests.cpp
@@ -103,6 +103,20 @@
   EXPECT_THAT(AST.getLocalTopLevelDecls(), ElementsAre(DeclNamed("main")));
 }
 
+TEST(ClangdUnitTest, DoesNotGetImplicitTemplateTopDecls) {
+  TestTU TU;
+  TU.Code = R"cpp(
+    template<typename T>
+    void f(T) {}
+    void s() {
+      f(10UL);
+    }
+  )cpp";
+  auto AST = TU.build();
+  EXPECT_THAT(AST.getLocalTopLevelDecls(),
+              ElementsAre(DeclNamed("f"), DeclNamed("s")));
+}
+
 TEST(ClangdUnitTest, TokensAfterPreamble) {
   TestTU TU;
   TU.AdditionalFiles["foo.h"] = R"(