diff --git a/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/dialogs/createProjectFromDatabaseDialog.ts b/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/dialogs/createProjectFromDatabaseDialog.ts
index 1053f6714e..6dd3022c22 100644
--- a/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/dialogs/createProjectFromDatabaseDialog.ts
+++ b/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/dialogs/createProjectFromDatabaseDialog.ts
@@ -228,7 +228,9 @@ export class CreateProjectFromDatabaseDialog {
 		// populate database dropdown with the databases for this connection
 		if (connectionId) {
 			this.sourceDatabaseDropDown!.loading = true;
-			const databaseValues = await azdata.connection.listDatabases(connectionId);
+			const databaseValues = (await azdata.connection.listDatabases(connectionId))
+				// filter out system dbs
+				.filter(db => !constants.systemDbs.includes(db));
 
 			this.sourceDatabaseDropDown!.values = databaseValues;
 			this.sourceDatabaseDropDown!.loading = false;
diff --git a/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/dialogs/publishDatabaseDialog.ts b/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/dialogs/publishDatabaseDialog.ts
index 5dca9c8c0b..0babeb0a9d 100644
--- a/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/dialogs/publishDatabaseDialog.ts
+++ b/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/dialogs/publishDatabaseDialog.ts
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ export class PublishDatabaseDialog {
 		if (connectionId) {
 			const databaseValues = (await azdata.connection.listDatabases(connectionId))
 				// filter out system dbs
-				.filter(db => constants.systemDbs.find(systemdb => db === systemdb) === undefined);
+				.filter(db => !constants.systemDbs.includes(db));
 
 			this.targetDatabaseDropDown!.values = databaseValues;
 		}