diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/Definitions.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/Definitions.scala
index a3f4191b7af1..24c7f5910f59 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/Definitions.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/Definitions.scala
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class Definitions {
         denot.info = ClassInfo(ScalaPackageClass.thisType, cls, parents, paramDecls)
       }
     }
-    newClassSymbol(ScalaPackageClass, name, EmptyFlags, completer).entered
+    newClassSymbol(ScalaPackageClass, name, Artifact, completer).entered
   }
 
   /** The trait FunctionN, ImplicitFunctionN, ErasedFunctionN or ErasedImplicitFunction, for some N
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/interactive/Completion.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/interactive/Completion.scala
index d740d4098e3e..5060aae3d2fb 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/interactive/Completion.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/interactive/Completion.scala
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ object Completion {
     private[this] val completions = new RenameAwareScope
 
     /**
-     * Return the list of symbols that shoudl be included in completion results.
+     * Return the list of symbols that should be included in completion results.
      *
      * If several symbols share the same name, the type symbols appear before term symbols inside
      * the same `Completion`.
@@ -240,7 +240,9 @@ object Completion {
      *   4. have an existing source symbol,
      *   5. are the module class in case of packages,
      *   6. are mutable accessors, to exclude setters for `var`,
-     *   7. have same term/type kind as name prefix given so far
+     *   7. symbol is not a package object
+     *   8. symbol is not an artifact of the compiler
+     *   9. have same term/type kind as name prefix given so far
      */
     private def include(sym: Symbol, nameInScope: Name)(implicit ctx: Context): Boolean =
       nameInScope.startsWith(prefix) &&
@@ -249,6 +251,8 @@ object Completion {
       sym.sourceSymbol.exists &&
       (!sym.is(Package) || !sym.moduleClass.exists) &&
       !sym.is(allOf(Mutable, Accessor)) &&
+      !sym.isPackageObject &&
+      !sym.is(Artifact) &&
       (
            (mode.is(Mode.Term) && sym.isTerm)
         || (mode.is(Mode.Type) && (sym.isType || sym.isStable))
diff --git a/compiler/test/dotty/tools/repl/TabcompleteTests.scala b/compiler/test/dotty/tools/repl/TabcompleteTests.scala
index 20b3552cdaef..7dc82fbb9988 100644
--- a/compiler/test/dotty/tools/repl/TabcompleteTests.scala
+++ b/compiler/test/dotty/tools/repl/TabcompleteTests.scala
@@ -90,4 +90,11 @@ class TabcompleteTests extends ReplTest {
       val expected = List("Renamed")
       assertEquals(expected, tabComplete("val foo: Rena"))
     }
+
+  @Test def importScala = fromInitialState { implicit s =>
+    val comp = tabComplete("import scala.")
+    // check that there are no special symbols leaked: <byname>, <special-ops>, ...
+    assertEquals(comp.find(_.startsWith("<")), None)
+    assert(!comp.contains("package"))
+  }
 }