diff --git a/src/main/java/org/antlr/intellij/plugin/psi/LexerRuleRefNode.java b/src/main/java/org/antlr/intellij/plugin/psi/LexerRuleRefNode.java
index 3c8145d1..1ab42b10 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/antlr/intellij/plugin/psi/LexerRuleRefNode.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/antlr/intellij/plugin/psi/LexerRuleRefNode.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.antlr.intellij.plugin.psi;
 
+import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiReference;
 import com.intellij.psi.tree.IElementType;
 
@@ -10,6 +11,16 @@ public LexerRuleRefNode(IElementType type, CharSequence text) {
 
 	@Override
 	public PsiReference getReference() {
+		if (isDeclaration()) {
+			return null;
+		}
 		return new GrammarElementRef(this, getText());
 	}
+
+	private boolean isDeclaration() {
+		PsiElement parent = getParent();
+        return parent instanceof LexerRuleSpecNode
+				|| parent instanceof TokenSpecNode
+				|| parent instanceof ChannelSpecNode;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/antlr/intellij/plugin/psi/ParserRuleRefNode.java b/src/main/java/org/antlr/intellij/plugin/psi/ParserRuleRefNode.java
index a01c0bda..9dfd7e74 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/antlr/intellij/plugin/psi/ParserRuleRefNode.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/antlr/intellij/plugin/psi/ParserRuleRefNode.java
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ public ParserRuleRefNode(IElementType type, CharSequence text) {
 
 	@Override
 	public PsiReference getReference() {
+		if (isDeclaration()) {
+			return null;
+		}
 		return new GrammarElementRef(this, getText());
 	}
+
+	private boolean isDeclaration() {
+        return getParent() instanceof ParserRuleSpecNode;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/antlr/intellij/plugin/psi/GrammarElementRefTest.java b/src/test/java/org/antlr/intellij/plugin/psi/GrammarElementRefTest.java
index c106fc01..141546c6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/antlr/intellij/plugin/psi/GrammarElementRefTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/antlr/intellij/plugin/psi/GrammarElementRefTest.java
@@ -16,24 +16,24 @@
 public class GrammarElementRefTest extends LightPlatformCodeInsightFixtureTestCase {
 	public void testFindUsagesOfLexerRule() {
 		Collection<UsageInfo> ruleUsages = myFixture.testFindUsages("SimpleGrammar.g4");
-		assertEquals(4, ruleUsages.size());
+		assertEquals(3, ruleUsages.size());
 	}
 
 	public void testFindUsagesOfParserRule() {
 		Collection<UsageInfo> ruleUsages = myFixture.testFindUsages("SimpleGrammar2.g4");
-		assertEquals(2, ruleUsages.size());
+		assertEquals(1, ruleUsages.size());
 	}
 
 	public void testHighlightUsagesOfLexerRule() {
 		RangeHighlighter[] usages = myFixture.testHighlightUsages("SimpleGrammar.g4");
 
-		assertEquals(5, usages.length);
+		assertEquals(4, usages.length);
 	}
 
 	public void testHighlightUsagesOfParserRule() {
 		RangeHighlighter[] usages = myFixture.testHighlightUsages("SimpleGrammar2.g4");
 
-		assertEquals(3, usages.length);
+		assertEquals(2, usages.length);
 	}
 
 	public void testReferenceToLexerRule() {