diff --git a/packages/language-service/ivy/references.ts b/packages/language-service/ivy/references.ts
index b794ee9b46701..492633ed4147d 100644
--- a/packages/language-service/ivy/references.ts
+++ b/packages/language-service/ivy/references.ts
@@ -317,7 +317,9 @@ export class ReferencesAndRenameBuilder {
           entries.set(createLocationKey(entry), entry);
         }
       } else {
-        entries.set(createLocationKey(ref), ref);
+        // TODO(atscott): uncomment when VSCode deduplicates results on their end
+        // https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/117095
+        // entries.set(createLocationKey(ref), ref);
       }
     }
     return Array.from(entries.values());
diff --git a/packages/language-service/ivy/test/references_spec.ts b/packages/language-service/ivy/test/references_spec.ts
index 5268e50339f10..00b3458c50e99 100644
--- a/packages/language-service/ivy/test/references_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/language-service/ivy/test/references_spec.ts
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ describe('find references and rename locations', () => {
 
     it('gets component member references from TS file and external template', () => {
       const refs = getReferencesAtPosition(_('/app.ts'), cursor)!;
-      expect(refs.length).toBe(2);
-      assertFileNames(refs, ['app.html', 'app.ts']);
+      expect(refs.length).toBe(1);
+      assertFileNames(refs, ['app.html']);
       assertTextSpans(refs, ['myProp']);
     });
 
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ describe('find references and rename locations', () => {
 
     it('gets references', () => {
       const refs = getReferencesAtPosition(_('/app.html'), cursor)!;
-      expect(refs.length).toBe(2);
-      assertFileNames(refs, ['app.html', 'app.ts']);
+      expect(refs.length).toBe(1);
+      assertFileNames(refs, ['app.html']);
       assertTextSpans(refs, ['myProp']);
     });
 
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ describe('find references and rename locations', () => {
 
     it('gets component member reference in ts file', () => {
       const refs = getReferencesAtPosition(_('/app.ts'), cursor)!;
-      expect(refs.length).toBe(2);
+      expect(refs.length).toBe(1);
 
       assertFileNames(refs, ['app.ts']);
       assertTextSpans(refs, ['setTitle']);
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ describe('find references and rename locations', () => {
 
     it('gets member reference in ts file', () => {
       const refs = getReferencesAtPosition(_('/app.ts'), cursor)!;
-      expect(refs.length).toBe(2);
+      expect(refs.length).toBe(1);
 
       assertTextSpans(refs, ['title']);
     });
@@ -207,9 +207,9 @@ describe('find references and rename locations', () => {
 
     it('gets member reference in ts file', () => {
       const refs = getReferencesAtPosition(_('/app.html'), cursor)!;
-      expect(refs.length).toBe(2);
+      expect(refs.length).toBe(1);
 
-      assertFileNames(refs, ['app.ts', 'app.html']);
+      assertFileNames(refs, ['app.html']);
       assertTextSpans(refs, ['title']);
     });
 
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ describe('find references and rename locations', () => {
 
     it('get reference to member in ts file', () => {
       const refs = getReferencesAtPosition(_('/app.ts'), cursor)!;
-      expect(refs.length).toBe(2);
+      expect(refs.length).toBe(1);
 
       assertFileNames(refs, ['app.ts']);
       assertTextSpans(refs, ['otherTitle']);
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ describe('find references and rename locations', () => {
     it('gets reference to member type definition and initialization in component class', () => {
       const refs = getReferencesAtPosition(_('/app.ts'), cursor)!;
       // 3 references: the type definition, the value assignment, and the read in the template
-      expect(refs.length).toBe(3);
+      expect(refs.length).toBe(1);
 
       assertFileNames(refs, ['app.ts']);
       // TODO(atscott): investigate if we can make the template keyed read be just the 'name' part.
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ describe('find references and rename locations', () => {
       // https://sourcegraph.com/github.com/microsoft/TypeScript@d5779c75d3dd19565b60b9e2960b8aac36d4d635/-/blob/src/services/findAllReferences.ts#L508-512
       // One possible solution would be to extend `FullTemplateMapping` to include the matched TCB
       // node and then do the same thing that TS does: if the node is a string, adjust the span.
-      assertTextSpans(refs, ['name', '"name"']);
+      assertTextSpans(refs, ['"name"']);
     });
 
     it('gets rename locations in component class', () => {
@@ -330,9 +330,9 @@ describe('find references and rename locations', () => {
 
     it('get references in ts file', () => {
       const refs = getReferencesAtPosition(_('/app.html'), cursor)!;
-      expect(refs.length).toBe(2);
+      expect(refs.length).toBe(1);
 
-      assertFileNames(refs, ['app.ts', 'app.html']);
+      assertFileNames(refs, ['app.html']);
       assertTextSpans(refs, ['batman']);
     });
 
@@ -482,8 +482,8 @@ describe('find references and rename locations', () => {
 
         it('should get references', () => {
           const refs = getReferencesAtPosition(_('/app.html'), cursor)!;
-          expect(refs.length).toBe(2);
-          assertFileNames(refs, ['dir.ts', 'app.html']);
+          expect(refs.length).toBe(1);
+          assertFileNames(refs, ['app.html']);
           assertTextSpans(refs, ['dirValue']);
         });
 
@@ -508,8 +508,8 @@ describe('find references and rename locations', () => {
 
         it('should get references', () => {
           const refs = getReferencesAtPosition(_('/app.html'), cursor)!;
-          expect(refs.length).toBe(2);
-          assertFileNames(refs, ['dir.ts', 'app.html']);
+          expect(refs.length).toBe(1);
+          assertFileNames(refs, ['app.html']);
           assertTextSpans(refs, ['dirValue']);
         });
 
@@ -534,8 +534,8 @@ describe('find references and rename locations', () => {
 
         it('should get references', () => {
           const refs = getReferencesAtPosition(_('/app.html'), cursor)!;
-          expect(refs.length).toBe(2);
-          assertFileNames(refs, ['dir.ts', 'app.html']);
+          expect(refs.length).toBe(1);
+          assertFileNames(refs, ['app.html']);
           assertTextSpans(refs, ['doSomething']);
         });
 
@@ -671,8 +671,8 @@ describe('find references and rename locations', () => {
 
       it('should find references', () => {
         const refs = getReferencesAtPosition(_('/app.ts'), cursor)!;
-        expect(refs.length).toBe(2);
-        assertFileNames(refs, ['app.ts', 'example-directive.ts']);
+        expect(refs.length).toBe(1);
+        assertFileNames(refs, ['app.ts']);
         assertTextSpans(refs, ['identifier']);
       });
 
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ describe('find references and rename locations', () => {
 
       it('should find references', () => {
         const refs = getReferencesAtPosition(_('/app.ts'), cursor)!;
-        expect(refs.length).toBe(2);
+        expect(refs.length).toBe(1);
         assertFileNames(refs, ['app.ts']);
         assertTextSpans(refs, ['name']);
       });
@@ -751,9 +751,9 @@ describe('find references and rename locations', () => {
 
       it('should find references', () => {
         const refs = getReferencesAtPosition(_('/app.ts'), cursor)!;
-        expect(refs.length).toBe(5);
-        assertFileNames(refs, ['index.d.ts', 'prefix-pipe.ts', 'app.ts']);
-        assertTextSpans(refs, ['transform', 'prefixPipe']);
+        expect(refs.length).toBe(1);
+        assertFileNames(refs, ['app.ts']);
+        assertTextSpans(refs, ['prefixPipe']);
       });
 
       it('should find rename locations', () => {
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ describe('find references and rename locations', () => {
 
       it('should find references', () => {
         const refs = getReferencesAtPosition(_('/app.ts'), cursor)!;
-        expect(refs.length).toBe(2);
+        expect(refs.length).toBe(1);
         assertFileNames(refs, ['app.ts']);
         assertTextSpans(refs, ['prefix']);
       });
@@ -828,8 +828,8 @@ describe('find references and rename locations', () => {
 
       it('should find references', () => {
         const refs = getReferencesAtPosition(_('/app.ts'), cursor)!;
-        expect(refs.length).toEqual(2);
-        assertFileNames(refs, ['string-model.ts', 'app.ts']);
+        expect(refs.length).toEqual(1);
+        assertFileNames(refs, ['app.ts']);
         assertTextSpans(refs, ['model']);
       });
 
@@ -908,8 +908,8 @@ describe('find references and rename locations', () => {
 
       it('should work for text attributes', () => {
         const refs = getReferencesAtPosition(_('/app.ts'), cursor)!;
-        expect(refs.length).toEqual(2);
-        assertFileNames(refs, ['string-model.ts', 'app.ts']);
+        expect(refs.length).toEqual(1);
+        assertFileNames(refs, ['app.ts']);
         assertTextSpans(refs, ['model']);
       });
 
@@ -949,8 +949,8 @@ describe('find references and rename locations', () => {
 
       it('should work from the TS input declaration', () => {
         const refs = getReferencesAtPosition(_('/string-model.ts'), cursor)!;
-        expect(refs.length).toEqual(2);
-        assertFileNames(refs, ['app.ts', 'string-model.ts']);
+        expect(refs.length).toEqual(1);
+        assertFileNames(refs, ['app.ts']);
         assertTextSpans(refs, ['model']);
       });
 
@@ -1005,8 +1005,8 @@ describe('find references and rename locations', () => {
 
       it('should find references', () => {
         const refs = getReferencesAtPosition(_('/other-dir.ts'), cursor)!;
-        expect(refs.length).toEqual(3);
-        assertFileNames(refs, ['app.ts', 'string-model.ts', 'other-dir.ts']);
+        expect(refs.length).toEqual(1);
+        assertFileNames(refs, ['app.ts']);
         assertTextSpans(refs, ['model']);
       });
 
@@ -1036,9 +1036,9 @@ describe('find references and rename locations', () => {
 
       it('should find references', () => {
         const refs = getReferencesAtPosition(_('/app.ts'), cursor)!;
-        expect(refs.length).toEqual(2);
-        assertFileNames(refs, ['string-model.ts', 'app.ts']);
-        assertTextSpans(refs, ['aliasedModel', 'alias']);
+        expect(refs.length).toEqual(1);
+        assertFileNames(refs, ['app.ts']);
+        assertTextSpans(refs, ['alias']);
       });
 
       it('should find rename locations', () => {
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ describe('find references and rename locations', () => {
 
       it('should find references', () => {
         const refs = getReferencesAtPosition(_('/app.ts'), cursor)!;
-        expect(refs.length).toEqual(2);
+        expect(refs.length).toEqual(1);
         assertTextSpans(refs, ['modelChange']);
       });
 
@@ -1115,8 +1115,8 @@ describe('find references and rename locations', () => {
 
       it('should find references', () => {
         const refs = getReferencesAtPosition(_('/app.ts'), cursor)!;
-        expect(refs.length).toEqual(2);
-        assertTextSpans(refs, ['aliasedModelChange', 'alias']);
+        expect(refs.length).toEqual(1);
+        assertTextSpans(refs, ['alias']);
       });
 
       it('should find rename locations', () => {
@@ -1152,12 +1152,9 @@ describe('find references and rename locations', () => {
     env = createModuleWithDeclarations([appFile, dirFile]);
 
     const refs = getReferencesAtPosition(_('/app.ts'), cursor)!;
-    // Note that this includes the 'model` twice from the template. As with other potential
-    // duplicates (like if another plugin returns the same span), we expect the LS clients to filter
-    // these out themselves.
-    expect(refs.length).toEqual(4);
-    assertFileNames(refs, ['dir.ts', 'app.ts']);
-    assertTextSpans(refs, ['model', 'modelChange']);
+    expect(refs.length).toEqual(2);
+    assertFileNames(refs, ['app.ts']);
+    assertTextSpans(refs, ['model']);
   });
 
   describe('directives', () => {
@@ -1191,9 +1188,9 @@ describe('find references and rename locations', () => {
         const refs = getReferencesAtPosition(_('/dir.ts'), cursor)!;
         // 4 references are:  class declaration, template usage, app import and use in declarations
         // list.
-        expect(refs.length).toBe(4);
-        assertTextSpans(refs, ['<div dir>', 'Dir']);
-        assertFileNames(refs, ['app.ts', 'dir.ts']);
+        expect(refs.length).toBe(1);
+        assertTextSpans(refs, ['<div dir>']);
+        assertFileNames(refs, ['app.ts']);
       });
 
       it('should find rename locations', () => {
@@ -1241,9 +1238,9 @@ describe('find references and rename locations', () => {
 
       it('gets references to all matching directives', () => {
         const refs = getReferencesAtPosition(_('/app.ts'), cursor)!;
-        expect(refs.length).toBe(8);
-        assertTextSpans(refs, ['<div dir>', 'Dir', 'Dir2']);
-        assertFileNames(refs, ['app.ts', 'dir.ts', 'dir2.ts']);
+        expect(refs.length).toBe(2);
+        assertTextSpans(refs, ['<div dir>']);
+        assertFileNames(refs, ['app.ts']);
       });
 
       it('finds rename locations for all matching directives', () => {
@@ -1274,9 +1271,9 @@ describe('find references and rename locations', () => {
 
       it('should be able to request references', () => {
         const refs = getReferencesAtPosition(_('/app.ts'), cursor)!;
-        expect(refs.length).toBe(6);
-        assertTextSpans(refs, ['<div *ngFor="let item of items"></div>', 'NgForOf']);
-        assertFileNames(refs, ['index.d.ts', 'app.ts']);
+        expect(refs.length).toBe(1);
+        assertTextSpans(refs, ['<div *ngFor="let item of items"></div>']);
+        assertFileNames(refs, ['app.ts']);
       });
 
       it('should not support rename if directive is in a dts file', () => {
@@ -1317,9 +1314,9 @@ describe('find references and rename locations', () => {
         const refs = getReferencesAtPosition(_('/comp.ts'), cursor)!;
         // 4 references are:  class declaration, template usage, app import and use in declarations
         // list.
-        expect(refs.length).toBe(4);
-        assertTextSpans(refs, ['<my-comp>', 'MyComp']);
-        assertFileNames(refs, ['app.ts', 'comp.ts']);
+        expect(refs.length).toBe(1);
+        assertTextSpans(refs, ['<my-comp>']);
+        assertFileNames(refs, ['app.ts']);
       });
 
       it('gets rename locations', () => {
@@ -1363,9 +1360,9 @@ describe('find references and rename locations', () => {
         const refs = getReferencesAtPosition(_('/app.ts'), cursor)!;
         // 4 references are:  class declaration, template usage, app import and use in declarations
         // list.
-        expect(refs.length).toBe(4);
-        assertTextSpans(refs, ['<my-comp>', 'MyComp']);
-        assertFileNames(refs, ['app.ts', 'comp.ts']);
+        expect(refs.length).toBe(1);
+        assertTextSpans(refs, ['<my-comp>']);
+        assertFileNames(refs, ['app.ts']);
       });
 
       it('finds rename locations', () => {