diff --git a/lisp/net/rcirc.el b/lisp/net/rcirc.el
index 0704367a8b2..480a779f339 100644
--- a/lisp/net/rcirc.el
+++ b/lisp/net/rcirc.el
@@ -2312,14 +2312,16 @@ rcirc-channel-nicks
 PROCESS is the process object for the current connection."
   (when target
     (if (rcirc-channel-p target)
-        (let ((pseudo-nicks (mapcar #'list rcirc-pseudo-nicks)))
+        (let ((pseudo-nicks (mapcar #'list rcirc-pseudo-nicks))
+              (self (rcirc-nick process)))
           (with-rcirc-process-buffer process
             (let (nicks)
               (maphash
                (lambda (k v)
                  (let ((record (assoc-string target v t)))
-                   (if record
-                       (setq nicks (cons (cons k (cdr record)) nicks)))))
+                   (when (and record (not (equal k self)))
+                     (push (cons k (cdr record))
+                           nicks))))
                rcirc-nick-table)
               (mapcar (lambda (x) (car x))
                       (sort (nconc pseudo-nicks nicks)