diff --git a/packages/language-service/src/completions.ts b/packages/language-service/src/completions.ts
index 4225fbaa18..f4fbdcb3f3 100644
--- a/packages/language-service/src/completions.ts
+++ b/packages/language-service/src/completions.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {AbsoluteSourceSpan, AST, AstPath, AttrAst, Attribute, BoundDirectivePropertyAst, BoundElementPropertyAst, BoundEventAst, BoundTextAst, Element, ElementAst, EmptyExpr, ExpressionBinding, getHtmlTagDefinition, HtmlAstPath, NAMED_ENTITIES, Node as HtmlAst, NullTemplateVisitor, ParseSpan, ReferenceAst, TagContentType, TemplateBinding, Text, VariableBinding} from '@angular/compiler';
+import {AbsoluteSourceSpan, AST, AstPath, AttrAst, Attribute, BoundDirectivePropertyAst, BoundElementPropertyAst, BoundEventAst, BoundTextAst, Element, ElementAst, EmptyExpr, ExpressionBinding, getHtmlTagDefinition, HtmlAstPath, Node as HtmlAst, NullTemplateVisitor, ParseSpan, ReferenceAst, TagContentType, TemplateBinding, Text, VariableBinding} from '@angular/compiler';
 import {$$, $_, isAsciiLetter, isDigit} from '@angular/compiler/src/chars';
 
 import {ATTR, getBindingDescriptor} from './binding_utils';
@@ -164,9 +164,6 @@ export function getTemplateCompletions(
             }
           },
           visitText(ast) {
-            // Check if we are in a entity.
-            result = entityCompletions(getSourceText(template, spanOf(ast)), astPosition);
-            if (result.length) return result;
             result = interpolationCompletions(templateInfo, templatePosition);
             if (result.length) return result;
             const element = path.first(Element);
@@ -359,33 +356,6 @@ function elementCompletions(info: ng.AstResult): ng.CompletionEntry[] {
   return results;
 }
 
-function entityCompletions(value: string, position: number): ng.CompletionEntry[] {
-  // Look for entity completions
-  // TODO(kyliau): revisit the usefulness of this feature. It provides
-  // autocompletion for HTML entities, which IMO is outside the core functionality
-  // of Angular language service. Besides, we do not have a complete list.
-  // See https://dev.w3.org/html5/html-author/charref
-  const re = /&[A-Za-z]*;?(?!\d)/g;
-  let found: RegExpExecArray|null;
-  let result: ng.CompletionEntry[] = [];
-  while (found = re.exec(value)) {
-    let len = found[0].length;
-    // end position must be inclusive to account for cases like '&|' where
-    // cursor is right behind the ampersand.
-    if (position >= found.index && position <= (found.index + len)) {
-      result = Object.keys(NAMED_ENTITIES).map(name => {
-        return {
-          name: `&${name};`,
-          kind: ng.CompletionKind.ENTITY,
-          sortText: name,
-        };
-      });
-      break;
-    }
-  }
-  return result;
-}
-
 function interpolationCompletions(info: ng.AstResult, position: number): ng.CompletionEntry[] {
   // Look for an interpolation in at the position.
   const templatePath = findTemplateAstAt(info.templateAst, position);
@@ -598,10 +568,6 @@ class ExpressionVisitor extends NullTemplateVisitor {
   }
 }
 
-function getSourceText(template: ng.TemplateSource, span: ng.Span): string {
-  return template.source.substring(span.start, span.end);
-}
-
 interface AngularAttributes {
   /**
    * Attributes that support the * syntax. See https://angular.io/api/core/TemplateRef
diff --git a/packages/language-service/test/completions_spec.ts b/packages/language-service/test/completions_spec.ts
index d8fe23cd1f..ccece9379b 100644
--- a/packages/language-service/test/completions_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/language-service/test/completions_spec.ts
@@ -27,13 +27,6 @@ describe('completions', () => {
     mockHost.reset();
   });
 
-  it('should be able to get entity completions', () => {
-    mockHost.overrideInlineTemplate(APP_COMPONENT, '&~{cursor}');
-    const marker = mockHost.getLocationMarkerFor(APP_COMPONENT, 'cursor');
-    const completions = ngLS.getCompletionsAtPosition(APP_COMPONENT, marker.start);
-    expectContain(completions, CompletionKind.ENTITY, ['&amp;', '&gt;', '&lt;', '&iota;']);
-  });
-
   it('should be able to return html elements', () => {
     mockHost.overrideInlineTemplate(APP_COMPONENT, '<~{cursor}');
     const marker = mockHost.getLocationMarkerFor(APP_COMPONENT, 'cursor');
@@ -241,13 +234,6 @@ describe('completions', () => {
   });
 
   describe('in external template', () => {
-    it('should be able to get entity completions in external template', () => {
-      mockHost.override(TEST_TEMPLATE, '&~{cursor}');
-      const marker = mockHost.getLocationMarkerFor(TEST_TEMPLATE, 'cursor');
-      const completions = ngLS.getCompletionsAtPosition(TEST_TEMPLATE, marker.start);
-      expectContain(completions, CompletionKind.ENTITY, ['&amp;', '&gt;', '&lt;', '&iota;']);
-    });
-
     it('should not return html elements', () => {
       mockHost.override(TEST_TEMPLATE, '<~{cursor}');
       const marker = mockHost.getLocationMarkerFor(TEST_TEMPLATE, 'cursor');