diff --git a/app/widgets/gimpaction-history.c b/app/widgets/gimpaction-history.c
index f59e365c3b..7d9d247520 100644
--- a/app/widgets/gimpaction-history.c
+++ b/app/widgets/gimpaction-history.c
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ gimp_action_history_search (Gimp                *gimp,
 gboolean
 gimp_action_history_is_blacklisted_action (const gchar *action_name)
 {
-  if (gimp_action_is_gui_blacklisted (action_name))
+  if (gimp_action_is_action_search_blacklisted (action_name))
     return TRUE;
 
   return (g_str_has_suffix (action_name, "-set")            ||
diff --git a/app/widgets/gimpaction.c b/app/widgets/gimpaction.c
index c0badd0975..3f015730f4 100644
--- a/app/widgets/gimpaction.c
+++ b/app/widgets/gimpaction.c
@@ -758,6 +758,29 @@ gimp_action_name_compare (GimpAction  *action1,
 
 gboolean
 gimp_action_is_gui_blacklisted (const gchar *action_name)
+{
+  static const gchar *prefixes[] =
+    {
+      "windows-display-"
+    };
+
+  if (! (action_name && *action_name))
+    return TRUE;
+
+  for (guint i = 0; i < G_N_ELEMENTS (prefixes); i++)
+    {
+      if (g_str_has_prefix (action_name, prefixes[i]))
+        return TRUE;
+    }
+
+  if (gimp_action_is_action_search_blacklisted (action_name))
+    return TRUE;
+
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
+gboolean
+gimp_action_is_action_search_blacklisted (const gchar *action_name)
 {
   static const gchar *prefixes[] =
     {
diff --git a/app/widgets/gimpaction.h b/app/widgets/gimpaction.h
index bcf119f54b..95b757b65c 100644
--- a/app/widgets/gimpaction.h
+++ b/app/widgets/gimpaction.h
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ gint              gimp_action_name_compare        (GimpAction      *action1,
                                                    GimpAction      *action2);
 
 gboolean          gimp_action_is_gui_blacklisted  (const gchar     *action_name);
+gboolean          gimp_action_is_action_search_blacklisted
+                                                  (const gchar     *action_name);
 
 GimpContext     * gimp_action_get_context         (GimpAction      *action);
 GimpViewable    * gimp_action_get_viewable        (GimpAction      *action);