diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/authorization/providers/builtin/DataverseUserPage.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/authorization/providers/builtin/DataverseUserPage.java
index 5a6719008d9..24d085debb1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/authorization/providers/builtin/DataverseUserPage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/authorization/providers/builtin/DataverseUserPage.java
@@ -836,6 +836,9 @@ public List<String> getAffiliationList() {
         affiliationList.clear();
         ResourceBundle bundle = BundleUtil.getResourceBundle("affiliation");
         affiliationList = affiliationServiceBean.getValues(bundle);
+
+        affiliationList.stream().filter(str -> !str.equals("true")); // Skip "true"
+
         affiliationList.sort((String o1, String o2) -> {
             o1 = Normalizer.normalize(o1, Normalizer.Form.NFD);
             o2 = Normalizer.normalize(o2, Normalizer.Form.NFD);
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/dashboard/DashboardUsersPage.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/dashboard/DashboardUsersPage.java
index e34c19111a1..62e2603d8a9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/dashboard/DashboardUsersPage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/dashboard/DashboardUsersPage.java
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ public List<String> getAffiliationList() {
             affiliationGroups = affGroupProvider.getAffiliationGroups();
         }
         List<String> existing = affiliationGroups.stream().map(a -> a.getDisplayName()).collect(Collectors.toList());
+        values.stream().filter(str -> !str.equals("true")); // Skip "true"
         values.removeAll(existing);
         values.sort((String o1, String o2) -> {
             o1 = Normalizer.normalize(o1, Normalizer.Form.NFD);