diff --git a/src/goOutline.ts b/src/goOutline.ts
index 05d902430..df3d1ef2e 100644
--- a/src/goOutline.ts
+++ b/src/goOutline.ts
@@ -110,12 +110,17 @@ export class GoDocumentSymbolProvider implements vscode.DocumentSymbolProvider {
 		symbols: vscode.SymbolInformation[],
 		containerName: string,
 		byteOffsetToDocumentOffset: (byteOffset: number) => number): void {
-
+		const ignoredSymbols = ['_'];
 		let gotoSymbolConfig = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration('go', document.uri)['gotoSymbol'];
 		let includeImports = gotoSymbolConfig ? gotoSymbolConfig['includeImports'] : false;
+
 		(decls || []).forEach(decl => {
 			if (!includeImports && decl.type === 'import') return;
+
 			let label = decl.label;
+
+			if (ignoredSymbols.indexOf(label) !== -1) return;
+
 			if (decl.receiverType) {
 				label = '(' + decl.receiverType + ').' + label;
 			}