diff --git a/lib/private/Collaboration/Collaborators/LookupPlugin.php b/lib/private/Collaboration/Collaborators/LookupPlugin.php
index d05f939797c..b2eb98f5125 100644
--- a/lib/private/Collaboration/Collaborators/LookupPlugin.php
+++ b/lib/private/Collaboration/Collaborators/LookupPlugin.php
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ use OCP\Share\IShare;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
 
 class LookupPlugin implements ISearchPlugin {
-	/** @var string remote part of the current user's cloud id */
-	private string $currentUserRemote;
 
 	public function __construct(
 		private readonly IConfig $config,
@@ -33,7 +31,6 @@ class LookupPlugin implements ISearchPlugin {
 		private readonly GlobalScaleConfig $globalScaleConfig,
 	) {
 		$currentUserCloudId = $userSession->getUser()->getCloudId();
-		$this->currentUserRemote = $cloudIdManager->resolveCloudId($currentUserCloudId)->getRemote();
 	}
 
 	#[\Override]
@@ -77,9 +74,6 @@ class LookupPlugin implements ISearchPlugin {
 					]);
 					continue;
 				}
-				if ($this->currentUserRemote === $remote) {
-					continue;
-				}
 				$name = $lookup['name']['value'] ?? '';
 				$label = empty($name) ? $lookup['federationId'] : $name . ' (' . $lookup['federationId'] . ')';
 				$result[] = [
diff --git a/lib/private/Collaboration/Collaborators/Search.php b/lib/private/Collaboration/Collaborators/Search.php
index fefc7722a2f..0b793c8f9dc 100644
--- a/lib/private/Collaboration/Collaborators/Search.php
+++ b/lib/private/Collaboration/Collaborators/Search.php
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ class Search implements ISearch {
 			foreach ($this->pluginList[$type] as $plugin) {
 				/** @var ISearchPlugin $searchPlugin */
 				$searchPlugin = $this->container->resolve($plugin);
+				if ($searchPlugin instanceof UserPlugin && $lookup) {
+					// we are in GlobalScale, we ignore local accounts and prefer the result from lookup
+					continue;
+				}
 				$hasMoreResults = $searchPlugin->search($search, $limit, $offset, $searchResult) || $hasMoreResults;
 			}
 		}