diff --git a/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp b/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp
index 568b492b46..be5256f95a 100644
--- a/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp
@@ -3889,7 +3889,8 @@ bool MyAvatar::requiresSafeLanding(const glm::vec3& positionIn, glm::vec3& bette
         // See https://highfidelity.fogbugz.com/f/cases/5003/findRayIntersection-has-option-to-use-collidableOnly-but-doesn-t-actually-use-colliders
         QVariantMap extraInfo;
         EntityItemID entityID = entityTree->evalRayIntersection(startPointIn, directionIn, include, ignore,
-            PickFilter(PickFilter::getBitMask(PickFilter::FlagBit::COLLIDABLE) | PickFilter::getBitMask(PickFilter::FlagBit::PRECISE)),
+            PickFilter(PickFilter::getBitMask(PickFilter::FlagBit::COLLIDABLE) | PickFilter::getBitMask(PickFilter::FlagBit::PRECISE)
+            | PickFilter::getBitMask(PickFilter::FlagBit::DOMAIN_ENTITIES) | PickFilter::getBitMask(PickFilter::FlagBit::AVATAR_ENTITIES)),    // exclude Local entities
             element, distance, face, normalOut, extraInfo, lockType, accurateResult);
         if (entityID.isNull()) {
             return false;
diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/EntityTreeElement.cpp b/libraries/entities/src/EntityTreeElement.cpp
index aab98adb52..60eaafc0dd 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/EntityTreeElement.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/EntityTreeElement.cpp
@@ -148,9 +148,13 @@ bool EntityTreeElement::checkFilterSettings(const EntityItemPointer& entity, Pic
         (!searchFilter.doesPickLocalEntities() && hostType == entity::HostType::LOCAL)) {
         return false;
     }
-    // We only check the collidable filters for non-local entities, because local entities are always collisionless
-    bool collidable = !entity->getCollisionless() && (entity->getShapeType() != SHAPE_TYPE_NONE);
+    // We only check the collidable filters for non-local entities, because local entities are always collisionless,
+    // but picks always include COLLIDABLE (see PickScriptingInterface::getPickFilter()), so if we were to respect
+    // the getCollisionless() property of Local entities then we would *never* intersect them in a pick.
+    // An unfortunate side effect of the following code is that Local entities are intersected even if the
+    // pick explicitly requested only COLLIDABLE entities (but, again, Local entities are always collisionless).
     if (hostType != entity::HostType::LOCAL) {
+        bool collidable = !entity->getCollisionless() && (entity->getShapeType() != SHAPE_TYPE_NONE);
         if ((collidable && !searchFilter.doesPickCollidable()) || (!collidable && !searchFilter.doesPickNonCollidable())) {
             return false;
         }