diff --git a/SignalMessaging/contacts/ContactsManagerCache.swift b/SignalMessaging/contacts/ContactsManagerCache.swift
index cab2112a878..325f2607206 100644
--- a/SignalMessaging/contacts/ContactsManagerCache.swift
+++ b/SignalMessaging/contacts/ContactsManagerCache.swift
@@ -87,23 +87,24 @@ public class ContactsMaps: NSObject {
     }
 
     fileprivate static func phoneNumbers(forContact contact: Contact, localNumber: String?) -> [String] {
-        return contact.parsedPhoneNumbers.compactMap { phoneNumber in
+        let phoneNumbers: [String] = contact.parsedPhoneNumbers.compactMap { phoneNumber in
             guard let phoneNumberE164 = phoneNumber.toE164().nilIfEmpty else {
                 return nil
             }
 
+            return phoneNumberE164
+        }
+
+        if let localNumber = localNumber, phoneNumbers.contains(localNumber) {
             // Ignore any system contact records for the local contact.
             // For the local user we never want to show the avatar /
             // name that you have entered for yourself in your system
             // contacts. Instead, we always want to display your profile
             // name and avatar.
-            let isLocalContact = phoneNumberE164 == localNumber
-            guard !isLocalContact else {
-                return nil
-            }
-
-            return phoneNumberE164
+            return []
         }
+
+        return phoneNumbers
     }
 
     @objc
diff --git a/SignalMessaging/contacts/OWSContactsManager.swift b/SignalMessaging/contacts/OWSContactsManager.swift
index 947a0d3abbe..da3c59dc84f 100644
--- a/SignalMessaging/contacts/OWSContactsManager.swift
+++ b/SignalMessaging/contacts/OWSContactsManager.swift
@@ -566,6 +566,11 @@ extension OWSContactsManager {
                   return nil
               }
 
+        guard !address.isLocalAddress else {
+            // Never use system contact or synced image data for the local user
+            return nil
+        }
+
         if let phoneNumber = self.phoneNumber(for: address, transaction: transaction),
            let contact = contactsManagerCache.contact(forPhoneNumber: phoneNumber, transaction: transaction),
            let cnContactId = contact.cnContactId,