diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FilterEditor/FilterDrawer.svelte b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FilterEditor/FilterDrawer.svelte
index a419f5ad46..019a61a3bf 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FilterEditor/FilterDrawer.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FilterEditor/FilterDrawer.svelte
@@ -30,9 +30,14 @@
   export let allowBindings = true
   export let allOr = false
   export let fillWidth = false
+  export let tableId
 
   $: dispatch("change", filters)
-  $: enrichedSchemaFields = getFields(schemaFields || [])
+  $: enrichedSchemaFields = getFields(
+    schemaFields || [],
+    { allowLinks: true },
+    tableId
+  )
   $: fieldOptions = enrichedSchemaFields.map(field => field.name) || []
   $: valueTypeOptions = allowBindings ? ["Value", "Binding"] : ["Value"]
 
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FilterEditor/FilterEditor.svelte b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FilterEditor/FilterEditor.svelte
index ea54afc0ee..72913aeb17 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FilterEditor/FilterEditor.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FilterEditor/FilterEditor.svelte
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
     filters={initialFilters}
     {bindings}
     {schemaFields}
+    tableId={dataSource.tableId}
     bind:allOr
     on:change={event => {
       toSaveFilters = event.detail
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/helpers/searchFields.js b/packages/builder/src/helpers/searchFields.js
index a9c837d570..29a5f77a0d 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/helpers/searchFields.js
+++ b/packages/builder/src/helpers/searchFields.js
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ export function getTableFields(linkField) {
   }))
 }
 
-export function getFields(fields, { allowLinks } = { allowLinks: true }) {
+export function getFields(
+  fields,
+  { allowLinks } = { allowLinks: true },
+  tableId
+) {
   let filteredFields = fields.filter(
     field => !BannedSearchTypes.includes(field.type)
   )
@@ -30,5 +34,9 @@ export function getFields(fields, { allowLinks } = { allowLinks: true }) {
   const staticFormulaFields = fields.filter(
     field => field.type === "formula" && field.formulaType === "static"
   )
+  const table = get(tables).list.find(table => table._id === tableId)
+  if (table?.type === "external") {
+    filteredFields = filteredFields.filter(field => field.name !== "_id")
+  }
   return filteredFields.concat(staticFormulaFields)
 }