diff --git a/packages/lit-analyzer/src/lib/analyze/parse/document/text-document/html-document/parse-html-node/parse-html-node.ts b/packages/lit-analyzer/src/lib/analyze/parse/document/text-document/html-document/parse-html-node/parse-html-node.ts
index affe476d..f005f42f 100644
--- a/packages/lit-analyzer/src/lib/analyze/parse/document/text-document/html-document/parse-html-node/parse-html-node.ts
+++ b/packages/lit-analyzer/src/lib/analyze/parse/document/text-document/html-document/parse-html-node/parse-html-node.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ import { getSourceLocation, IP5TagNode, P5Node } from "../parse-html-p5/parse-ht
 import { parseHtmlNodeAttrs } from "./parse-html-attribute.js";
 import { ParseHtmlContext } from "./parse-html-context.js";
 
-// List taken from https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/syntax.html#void-elements
-const VOID_ELEMENTS = new Set(["area", "base", "br", "col", "embed", "hr", "img", "input", "link", "meta", "source", "track", "wbr"]);
-
 /**
  * Parses multiple p5Nodes into multiple html nodes.
  * @param p5Nodes
@@ -52,7 +49,6 @@ export function parseHtmlNode(p5Node: IP5TagNode, parent: HtmlNode | undefined,
 
 	const htmlNodeBase: IHtmlNodeBase = {
 		tagName: p5Node.tagName.toLowerCase(),
-		selfClosed: isSelfClosed(p5Node, context),
 		attributes: [],
 		location: makeHtmlNodeLocation(p5Node, context),
 		children: [],
@@ -72,29 +68,6 @@ export function parseHtmlNode(p5Node: IP5TagNode, parent: HtmlNode | undefined,
 	return htmlNode;
 }
 
-/**
- * Returns if this node was explicitly self-closed or void.
- *
- * Note: Self-closing tags do not actually exist in HTML
- * https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Void_element#self-closing_tags
- *
- * Therefore this function returns `true` if `p5Node` is
- * a void element, or was explicitly self-closed using XML/JSX
- * syntax. If the node is implicitly closed, for example a
- * `p` element followed by a `div`, then `false` is returned.
- *
- * @param p5Node
- * @param context
- */
-function isSelfClosed(p5Node: IP5TagNode, context: ParseHtmlContext) {
-	if (VOID_ELEMENTS.has(p5Node.tagName.toLowerCase())) {
-		return true;
-	}
-	const loc = getSourceLocation(p5Node)!;
-	const isSelfClosed = context.html[loc.startTag.endOffset - 2] === "/";
-	return isSelfClosed;
-}
-
 /**
  * Creates source code location from a p5Node.
  * @param p5Node
diff --git a/packages/lit-analyzer/src/lib/analyze/types/html-node/html-node-types.ts b/packages/lit-analyzer/src/lib/analyze/types/html-node/html-node-types.ts
index 636c046c..daca7910 100644
--- a/packages/lit-analyzer/src/lib/analyze/types/html-node/html-node-types.ts
+++ b/packages/lit-analyzer/src/lib/analyze/types/html-node/html-node-types.ts
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@ export interface IHtmlNodeBase {
 	attributes: HtmlNodeAttr[];
 	parent?: HtmlNode;
 	children: HtmlNode[];
-	/**
-	 * Is true when an HTML node is either a void element, or was
-	 * explicitly closed with self-closing XML syntax.
-	 */
-	selfClosed: boolean;
 	document: HtmlDocument;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/lit-analyzer/src/lib/rules/no-unclosed-tag.ts b/packages/lit-analyzer/src/lib/rules/no-unclosed-tag.ts
index 7ddd6b9a..bcfddd64 100644
--- a/packages/lit-analyzer/src/lib/rules/no-unclosed-tag.ts
+++ b/packages/lit-analyzer/src/lib/rules/no-unclosed-tag.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,29 @@ import { RuleModule } from "../analyze/types/rule/rule-module.js";
 import { isCustomElementTagName } from "../analyze/util/is-valid-name.js";
 import { rangeFromHtmlNode } from "../analyze/util/range-util.js";
 
+// List taken from https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/syntax.html#void-elements
+// and parse5 list of void elements: https://github.com/inikulin/parse5/blob/86f09edd5a6840ab2269680b0eef2945e78c38fd/packages/parse5/lib/serializer/index.ts#L7-L26
+const VOID_ELEMENTS = new Set([
+	"area",
+	"base",
+	"basefont",
+	"bgsound",
+	"br",
+	"col",
+	"embed",
+	"frame",
+	"hr",
+	"img",
+	"input",
+	"keygen",
+	"link",
+	"meta",
+	"param",
+	"source",
+	"track",
+	"wbr"
+]);
+
 /**
  * This rule validates that all tags are closed properly.
  */
@@ -11,22 +34,18 @@ const rule: RuleModule = {
 		priority: "low"
 	},
 	visitHtmlNode(htmlNode, context) {
-		const {
-			selfClosed,
-			location: { endTag }
-		} = htmlNode;
-		if (!selfClosed && endTag == null) {
-			// Report specifically that a custom element cannot be self closing
-			//   if the user is trying to close a custom element.
-			const isCustomElement = isCustomElementTagName(htmlNode.tagName);
-
-			context.report({
-				location: rangeFromHtmlNode(htmlNode),
-				message: `This tag isn't closed.${isCustomElement ? " Custom elements cannot be self closing." : ""}`
-			});
+		if (VOID_ELEMENTS.has(htmlNode.tagName.toLowerCase()) || htmlNode.location.endTag != null) {
+			return;
 		}
 
-		return;
+		// Report specifically that a custom element cannot be self closing
+		//   if the user is trying to close a custom element.
+		const isCustomElement = isCustomElementTagName(htmlNode.tagName);
+
+		context.report({
+			location: rangeFromHtmlNode(htmlNode),
+			message: `This tag isn't closed.${isCustomElement ? " Custom elements cannot be self closing." : ""}`
+		});
 	}
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/lit-analyzer/src/test/rules/no-unclosed-tag.ts b/packages/lit-analyzer/src/test/rules/no-unclosed-tag.ts
index cea6496d..3ce43a9e 100644
--- a/packages/lit-analyzer/src/test/rules/no-unclosed-tag.ts
+++ b/packages/lit-analyzer/src/test/rules/no-unclosed-tag.ts
@@ -7,20 +7,20 @@ tsTest("Report unclosed tags", t => {
 	hasDiagnostic(t, diagnostics, "no-unclosed-tag");
 });
 
-tsTest("Don't report self closed tags", t => {
-	const { diagnostics } = getDiagnostics("html`<img />`", { rules: { "no-unclosed-tag": true } });
+tsTest("Don't report void elements", t => {
+	const { diagnostics } = getDiagnostics("html`<img>`", { rules: { "no-unclosed-tag": true } });
 	hasNoDiagnostics(t, diagnostics);
 });
 
-tsTest("Don't report void tags", t => {
-	const { diagnostics } = getDiagnostics("html`<img>`", { rules: { "no-unclosed-tag": true } });
+tsTest("Don't report void elements with self closing syntax", t => {
+	const { diagnostics } = getDiagnostics("html`<img />`", { rules: { "no-unclosed-tag": true } });
 	hasNoDiagnostics(t, diagnostics);
 });
 
 // The `<p>` tag will be closed automatically if immediately followed by a lot of other elements,
 // including `<div>`.
 // Ref: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/grouping-content.html#the-p-element
-tsTest("Report unclosed 'p' tag that is implicitly closed via tag omission", t => {
+tsTest("Report unclosed 'p' tag that was implicitly closed via tag omission", t => {
 	const { diagnostics } = getDiagnostics("html`<p><div></div></p>`", { rules: { "no-unclosed-tag": true } });
 	hasDiagnostic(t, diagnostics, "no-unclosed-tag");
 });
@@ -30,14 +30,18 @@ tsTest("Report unclosed 'p' tag that is implicitly closed via tag omission conta
 	hasDiagnostic(t, diagnostics, "no-unclosed-tag");
 });
 
-// Self-closing tags do not exist in HTML, but we can use them to check
-// that the user intended that the tag be closed.
-tsTest("Don't report self closing 'p' tag", t => {
+// Self-closing tags do not exist in HTML. They are only valid in SVG and MathML.
+tsTest("Report non-void element using self closing syntax", t => {
 	const { diagnostics } = getDiagnostics("html`<p /><div></div>`", { rules: { "no-unclosed-tag": true } });
-	hasNoDiagnostics(t, diagnostics);
+	hasDiagnostic(t, diagnostics, "no-unclosed-tag");
 });
 
-tsTest("Don't report self closing 'p' tag containing text content", t => {
+tsTest("Report self closing 'p' tag containing text content", t => {
 	const { diagnostics } = getDiagnostics("html`<p />Unclosed Content<div></div>`", { rules: { "no-unclosed-tag": true } });
+	hasDiagnostic(t, diagnostics, "no-unclosed-tag");
+});
+
+tsTest("Don't report explicit closing 'p' tag containing text content", t => {
+	const { diagnostics } = getDiagnostics("html`<p>Unclosed Content</p><div></div>`", { rules: { "no-unclosed-tag": true } });
 	hasNoDiagnostics(t, diagnostics);
 });