diff --git a/src/notebooks/controllers/kernelSource/localPythonKernelSelector.node.ts b/src/notebooks/controllers/kernelSource/localPythonKernelSelector.node.ts
index a9fcb6eb17a..ce124c2ea37 100644
--- a/src/notebooks/controllers/kernelSource/localPythonKernelSelector.node.ts
+++ b/src/notebooks/controllers/kernelSource/localPythonKernelSelector.node.ts
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export class LocalPythonKernelSelector extends DisposableBase {
             if (!this.pythonApi || token.isCancellationRequested) {
                 return;
             }
-            this.pythonEnvPicker.recommended = findPreferredPythonEnvironment(this.notebook, this.pythonApi);
+            this.pythonEnvPicker.recommended = findPreferredPythonEnvironment(this.notebook, this.pythonApi, filter);
         };
         const setupApi = (api?: PythonExtension) => {
             if (!api) {
diff --git a/src/notebooks/controllers/preferredKernelConnectionService.node.ts b/src/notebooks/controllers/preferredKernelConnectionService.node.ts
index 32c99725d66..9ae3281bf8a 100644
--- a/src/notebooks/controllers/preferredKernelConnectionService.node.ts
+++ b/src/notebooks/controllers/preferredKernelConnectionService.node.ts
@@ -7,13 +7,18 @@ import { isParentPath } from '../../platform/common/platform/fileUtils';
 import { EnvironmentType } from '../../platform/pythonEnvironments/info';
 import { getEnvironmentType } from '../../platform/interpreter/helpers';
 import { Environment, PythonExtension } from '@vscode/python-extension';
+import type { PythonEnvironmentFilter } from '../../platform/interpreter/filter/filterService';
 
 export function findPreferredPythonEnvironment(
     notebook: NotebookDocument,
-    pythonApi: PythonExtension
+    pythonApi: PythonExtension,
+    filter: PythonEnvironmentFilter
 ): Environment | undefined {
     // 1. Check if we have a .conda or .venv virtual env in the local workspace folder.
-    const localEnv = findPythonEnvironmentClosestToNotebook(notebook, pythonApi.environments.known);
+    const localEnv = findPythonEnvironmentClosestToNotebook(
+        notebook,
+        pythonApi.environments.known.filter((e) => !filter.isPythonEnvironmentExcluded(e))
+    );
     if (localEnv) {
         return localEnv;
     }