diff --git a/src/services/selectionRange.ts b/src/services/selectionRange.ts
index 1c2a525167a..63a65d42e3b 100644
--- a/src/services/selectionRange.ts
+++ b/src/services/selectionRange.ts
@@ -18,16 +18,19 @@ namespace ts.SelectionRange {
                 }
 
                 if (positionShouldSnapToNode(pos, node, nextNode)) {
-                    // Blocks are effectively redundant with SyntaxLists.
-                    // TemplateSpans, along with the SyntaxLists containing them,
-                    // are a somewhat unintuitive grouping of things that should be
-                    // considered independently. A VariableStatement’s children are just
-                    // a VaraiableDeclarationList and a semicolon.
+                    // 1. Blocks are effectively redundant with SyntaxLists.
+                    // 2. TemplateSpans, along with the SyntaxLists containing them, are a somewhat unintuitive grouping
+                    //    of things that should be considered independently.
+                    // 3. A VariableStatement’s children are just a VaraiableDeclarationList and a semicolon.
+                    // 4. A lone VariableDeclaration in a VaraibleDeclaration feels redundant with the VariableStatement.
+                    //
                     // Dive in without pushing a selection range.
                     if (isBlock(node)
                         || isTemplateSpan(node) || isTemplateHead(node)
                         || prevNode && isTemplateHead(prevNode)
-                        || isVariableDeclarationList(node) && isVariableStatement(parentNode)) {
+                        || isVariableDeclarationList(node) && isVariableStatement(parentNode)
+                        || isSyntaxList(node) && isVariableDeclarationList(parentNode)
+                        || isVariableDeclaration(node) && isSyntaxList(parentNode) && children.length === 1) {
                         parentNode = node;
                         break;
                     }
diff --git a/src/testRunner/unittests/tsserver/selectionRange.ts b/src/testRunner/unittests/tsserver/selectionRange.ts
index 3c0a12a58f7..7940edcdebb 100644
--- a/src/testRunner/unittests/tsserver/selectionRange.ts
+++ b/src/testRunner/unittests/tsserver/selectionRange.ts
@@ -568,18 +568,13 @@ const { x, y: a, ...zs = {} } = {};`);
                                     start: { line: 2, offset: 7 },
                                     end: { line: 2, offset: 30 } },
                                 parent: {
-                                    textSpan: { // { x, y: a, ...zs = {} } = {}
-                                        start: { line: 2, offset: 7 },
-                                        end: { line: 2, offset: 35 } },
+                                    textSpan: { // whole line
+                                        start: { line: 2, offset: 1 },
+                                        end: { line: 2, offset: 36 } },
                                     parent: {
-                                        textSpan: { // whole line
-                                            start: { line: 2, offset: 1 },
-                                            end: { line: 2, offset: 36 } },
-                                        parent: {
-                                            textSpan: {
-                                                start: { line: 1, offset: 1 },
-                                                end: { line: 2, offset: 36 } } } } } } } } },
-            });
+                                        textSpan: {
+                                            start: { line: 1, offset: 1 },
+                                            end: { line: 2, offset: 36 } } } } } } } } });
         });
 
         it("consumes all whitespace in a multi-line function parameter list", () => {
@@ -644,5 +639,18 @@ function square(x) {
                                 start: { line: 1, offset: 1 },
                                 end: { line: 7, offset: 2 } } } } } }]);
         });
+
+        it("skips lone VariableDeclarations in a declaration list", () => {
+            const getSelectionRange = setup("/file.ts", `const x = 3;`);
+            const locations = getSelectionRange([{ line: 1, offset: 7 }]); // x
+            assert.deepEqual(locations, [{
+                textSpan: {
+                    start: { line: 1, offset: 7 },
+                    end: { line: 1, offset: 8 } },
+                parent: {
+                    textSpan: {
+                        start: { line: 1, offset: 1 },
+                        end: { line: 1, offset: 13 } } } }]);
+        });
     });
 }