diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/hierarchical-grid/row-island.component.ts b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/hierarchical-grid/row-island.component.ts
index e0ec1491026..a0761125179 100644
--- a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/hierarchical-grid/row-island.component.ts
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/hierarchical-grid/row-island.component.ts
@@ -137,10 +137,10 @@ export class IgxRowIslandComponent extends IgxHierarchicalGridBaseDirective
     @ContentChildren(IgxColumnComponent, { read: IgxColumnComponent, descendants: false })
     public childColumns = new QueryList<IgxColumnComponent>();
 
-    @ContentChild(IgxGridToolbarDirective, { read: TemplateRef })
+    @ContentChild(IgxGridToolbarDirective, { read: TemplateRef, descendants: false })
     protected toolbarDirectiveTemplate: TemplateRef<IgxGridToolbarTemplateContext>;
 
-    @ContentChild(IgxPaginatorDirective, { read: TemplateRef })
+    @ContentChild(IgxPaginatorDirective, { read: TemplateRef, descendants: false })
     protected paginatorDirectiveTemplate: TemplateRef<any>;
 
     /* csSuppress */