diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9b08ea20a1c6..ac13cd20e1a0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Allow `_` before numbers during candidate extraction ([#17961](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/17961))
 - Upgrade: Fix error when using `@import … source(…)` ([#17963](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/17963))
+- Prevent duplicate suggestions when using `@theme` and `@utility` together ([#17675](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/17675))
 
 ## [4.1.6] - 2025-05-09
 
diff --git a/packages/tailwindcss/src/intellisense.test.ts b/packages/tailwindcss/src/intellisense.test.ts
index 04a6ed7961b9..f5902a2613df 100644
--- a/packages/tailwindcss/src/intellisense.test.ts
+++ b/packages/tailwindcss/src/intellisense.test.ts
@@ -653,3 +653,25 @@ test('shadow utility default suggestions', async () => {
   expect(classNames).toContain('inset-shadow')
   expect(classNames).toContain('text-shadow')
 })
+
+test('Custom @utility and existing utility with names matching theme keys dont give duplicate results', async () => {
+  let input = css`
+    @theme reference {
+      --leading-sm: 0.25rem;
+      --text-header: 1.5rem;
+    }
+
+    @utility text-header {
+      text-transform: uppercase;
+    }
+  `
+
+  let design = await __unstable__loadDesignSystem(input)
+
+  let classList = design.getClassList()
+  let classMap = new Map(classList)
+  let matches = classList.filter(([className]) => className === 'text-header')
+
+  expect(matches).toHaveLength(1)
+  expect(classMap.get('text-header')?.modifiers).toEqual(['sm'])
+})
diff --git a/packages/tailwindcss/src/intellisense.ts b/packages/tailwindcss/src/intellisense.ts
index ca9c1a386099..27db3a540bc3 100644
--- a/packages/tailwindcss/src/intellisense.ts
+++ b/packages/tailwindcss/src/intellisense.ts
@@ -20,16 +20,18 @@ export type ClassEntry = [string, ClassMetadata]
 const IS_FRACTION = /^\d+\/\d+$/
 
 export function getClassList(design: DesignSystem): ClassEntry[] {
-  let list: ClassItem[] = []
+  let items = new DefaultMap<string, ClassItem>((utility) => ({
+    name: utility,
+    utility,
+    fraction: false,
+    modifiers: [],
+  }))
 
   // Static utilities only work as-is
   for (let utility of design.utilities.keys('static')) {
-    list.push({
-      name: utility,
-      utility,
-      fraction: false,
-      modifiers: [],
-    })
+    let item = items.get(utility)
+    item.fraction = false
+    item.modifiers = []
   }
 
   // Functional utilities have their own list of completions
@@ -42,28 +44,25 @@ export function getClassList(design: DesignSystem): ClassEntry[] {
 
         let name = value === null ? utility : `${utility}-${value}`
 
-        list.push({
-          name,
-          utility,
-          fraction,
-          modifiers: group.modifiers,
-        })
+        let item = items.get(name)
+        item.utility = utility
+        item.fraction ||= fraction
+        item.modifiers.push(...group.modifiers)
 
         if (group.supportsNegative) {
-          list.push({
-            name: `-${name}`,
-            utility: `-${utility}`,
-            fraction,
-            modifiers: group.modifiers,
-          })
+          let item = items.get(`-${name}`)
+          item.utility = `-${utility}`
+          item.fraction ||= fraction
+          item.modifiers.push(...group.modifiers)
         }
       }
     }
   }
 
-  if (list.length === 0) return []
+  if (items.size === 0) return []
 
   // Sort utilities by their class name
+  let list = Array.from(items.values())
   list.sort((a, b) => compare(a.name, b.name))
 
   let entries = sortFractionsLast(list)