diff --git a/src/services/completions.ts b/src/services/completions.ts
index 9ac50ed817c..d40e2dbd054 100644
--- a/src/services/completions.ts
+++ b/src/services/completions.ts
@@ -738,10 +738,6 @@ namespace ts.Completions {
                 insertText = `${escapeSnippetText(name)}={$1}`;
                 isSnippet = true;
             }
-
-            if (isSnippet) {
-                replacementSpan = createTextSpanFromNode(location, sourceFile);
-            }
         }
 
         if (insertText !== undefined && !preferences.includeCompletionsWithInsertText) {