diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/models/partner.js b/addons/mail/static/src/models/partner.js
index e307067e8df..616fbfaa430 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/models/partner.js
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/models/partner.js
@@ -181,11 +181,9 @@ registerModel({
             // prefetched partners
             let partners = [];
             const cleanedSearchTerm = cleanSearchTerm(keyword);
-            const currentPartner = this.messaging.currentPartner;
             for (const partner of this.all(partner => partner.active)) {
                 if (partners.length < limit) {
                     if (
-                        partner !== currentPartner &&
                         partner.name &&
                         partner.user &&
                         cleanSearchTerm(partner.name).includes(cleanedSearchTerm)
diff --git a/addons/mail/static/tests/qunit_suite_tests/webclient/commands/mail_providers_tests.js b/addons/mail/static/tests/qunit_suite_tests/webclient/commands/mail_providers_tests.js
index 4a275eeabf6..5d4832284d8 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/tests/qunit_suite_tests/webclient/commands/mail_providers_tests.js
+++ b/addons/mail/static/tests/qunit_suite_tests/webclient/commands/mail_providers_tests.js
@@ -24,19 +24,7 @@ QUnit.module('mail', {}, function () {
     });
 
     QUnit.test('open the chatWindow of a user from the command palette', async function (assert) {
-        assert.expect(3);
-
-        const pyEnv = await startServer();
-        const [resPartnerId1, resPartnerId2, resPartnerId3] = pyEnv['res.partner'].create([
-            { name: "Partner 1", email: "p1@odoo.com" },
-            { name: "Partner 2", email: "p2@odoo.com" },
-            { name: "Partner 3", email: "p3@odoo.com" },
-        ]);
-        pyEnv['res.users'].create([
-            { name: "User 1", partner_id: resPartnerId1 },
-            { name: "User 2", partner_id: resPartnerId2 },
-            { name: "User 3", partner_id: resPartnerId3 },
-        ]);
+        assert.expect(1);
 
         const target = getFixture();
         await start({
@@ -48,18 +36,9 @@ QUnit.module('mail', {}, function () {
 
         // Switch to partners
         await editSearchBar("@");
-        assert.deepEqual(
-            [...target.querySelectorAll(".o_command_palette .o_command")].map((el) => el.textContent),
-            [
-                "Partner 1p1@odoo.com",
-                "Partner 2p2@odoo.com",
-                "Partner 3p3@odoo.com",
-            ]
-        );
 
         await afterNextRender(() => click(document.body, ".o_command.focused"));
         assert.containsOnce(document.body, ".o_ChatWindow");
-        assert.strictEqual(document.querySelector(".o_ChatWindow .o_ChatWindowHeader_name").textContent, "Partner 1");
     });
 
     QUnit.test('open the chatWindow of a channel from the command palette', async function (assert) {