diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/refactor/tweaks/ExtractVariable.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/refactor/tweaks/ExtractVariable.cpp
index 83bc901a3f2f7c..cf38227c29d7e2 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/refactor/tweaks/ExtractVariable.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/refactor/tweaks/ExtractVariable.cpp
@@ -450,6 +450,10 @@ bool ExtractVariable::prepare(const Selection &Inputs) {
   if (Inputs.SelectionBegin == Inputs.SelectionEnd)
     return false;
   const ASTContext &Ctx = Inputs.AST->getASTContext();
+  // FIXME: Enable non-C++ cases once we start spelling types explicitly instead
+  // of making use of auto.
+  if (!Ctx.getLangOpts().CPlusPlus)
+    return false;
   const SourceManager &SM = Inputs.AST->getSourceManager();
   if (const SelectionTree::Node *N =
           computeExtractedExpr(Inputs.ASTSelection.commonAncestor()))
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/TweakTests.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/TweakTests.cpp
index 40ab6b12643e92..24210aaa101d42 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/TweakTests.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/TweakTests.cpp
@@ -230,6 +230,14 @@ TEST_F(ExtractVariableTest, Test) {
   )cpp";
   EXPECT_AVAILABLE(AvailableCases);
 
+  ExtraArgs = {"-xc"};
+  const char *AvailableButC = R"cpp(
+    void foo() {
+      int x = [[1]];
+    })cpp";
+  EXPECT_UNAVAILABLE(AvailableButC);
+  ExtraArgs = {};
+
   const char *NoCrashCases = R"cpp(
     // error-ok: broken code, but shouldn't crash
     template<typename T, typename ...Args>