diff --git a/src/components/RightSidebar/Participants/ParticipantsSearchResults.vue b/src/components/RightSidebar/Participants/ParticipantsSearchResults.vue
index 7f5222bbef9..7e4329362c7 100644
--- a/src/components/RightSidebar/Participants/ParticipantsSearchResults.vue
+++ b/src/components/RightSidebar/Participants/ParticipantsSearchResults.vue
@@ -225,7 +225,10 @@ export default {
 			return this.searchResults.filter((item) => item.source === ATTENDEE.ACTOR_TYPE.CIRCLES)
 		},
 		addableRemotes() {
-			return this.searchResults.filter((item) => item.source === ATTENDEE.ACTOR_TYPE.FEDERATED_USERS)
+			return this.searchResults.filter((item) => item.source === ATTENDEE.ACTOR_TYPE.REMOTES)
+				.map((item) => {
+					return { ...item, source: ATTENDEE.ACTOR_TYPE.FEDERATED_USERS }
+				})
 				// TODO remove when Federation feature is ready
 				.concat(OC.debug
 					? this.addableUsers.map(user => ({
diff --git a/src/constants.js b/src/constants.js
index 9a40b0c2f3f..8aaf8059a13 100644
--- a/src/constants.js
+++ b/src/constants.js
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ export const ATTENDEE = {
 		BRIDGED: 'bridged',
 		FEDERATED_USERS: 'federated_users',
 		PHONES: 'phones',
+		/* @internal Only use with server APIs (like /core/autocomplete/get) and never with Talk APIs */
+		REMOTES: 'remotes',
 	},
 
 	BRIDGE_BOT_ID: 'bridge-bot',