diff --git a/.changeset/green-teachers-swim.md b/.changeset/green-teachers-swim.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2990524552
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/green-teachers-swim.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@directus/app": patch
+---
+
+Ensured unconfigured tables are not displayed/selectable as releated collection
diff --git a/app/src/modules/settings/routes/data-model/field-detail/field-detail-advanced/field-detail-advanced-relationship-m2a.vue b/app/src/modules/settings/routes/data-model/field-detail/field-detail-advanced/field-detail-advanced-relationship-m2a.vue
index d240fee17f..0634af8b62 100644
--- a/app/src/modules/settings/routes/data-model/field-detail/field-detail-advanced/field-detail-advanced-relationship-m2a.vue
+++ b/app/src/modules/settings/routes/data-model/field-detail/field-detail-advanced/field-detail-advanced-relationship-m2a.vue
@@ -34,14 +34,17 @@ const currentPrimaryKey = computed(() => fieldsStore.getPrimaryKeyFieldForCollec
 
 const availableCollections = computed(() => {
 	return [
-		...orderBy(collectionsStore.databaseCollections, ['collection'], ['asc']),
+		...orderBy(
+			collectionsStore.databaseCollections.filter((collection) => collection.meta),
+			['meta.sort', 'collection'],
+		),
 		{
 			divider: true,
 		},
 		{
 			collection: t('system'),
 			selectable: false,
-			children: orderBy(collectionsStore.crudSafeSystemCollections, ['collection'], ['asc']),
+			children: collectionsStore.crudSafeSystemCollections,
 		},
 	];
 });
diff --git a/app/src/modules/settings/routes/data-model/field-detail/field-detail-simple/relationship-configuration.vue b/app/src/modules/settings/routes/data-model/field-detail/field-detail-simple/relationship-configuration.vue
index 4ef55c2e22..56cb9a3fc0 100644
--- a/app/src/modules/settings/routes/data-model/field-detail/field-detail-simple/relationship-configuration.vue
+++ b/app/src/modules/settings/routes/data-model/field-detail/field-detail-simple/relationship-configuration.vue
@@ -22,14 +22,17 @@ const oneAllowedCollections = syncFieldDetailStoreProperty('relations.m2o.meta.o
 
 const availableCollections = computed(() => {
 	return [
-		...orderBy(collectionsStore.databaseCollections, ['collection'], ['asc']),
+		...orderBy(
+			collectionsStore.databaseCollections.filter((collection) => collection.meta),
+			['meta.sort', 'collection'],
+		),
 		{
 			divider: true,
 		},
 		{
 			collection: t('system'),
 			selectable: false,
-			children: orderBy(collectionsStore.crudSafeSystemCollections, ['collection'], ['asc']),
+			children: collectionsStore.crudSafeSystemCollections,
 		},
 	];
 });
diff --git a/app/src/modules/settings/routes/data-model/field-detail/shared/related-collection-select.vue b/app/src/modules/settings/routes/data-model/field-detail/shared/related-collection-select.vue
index ad1a1d17d7..f8dd224ca0 100644
--- a/app/src/modules/settings/routes/data-model/field-detail/shared/related-collection-select.vue
+++ b/app/src/modules/settings/routes/data-model/field-detail/shared/related-collection-select.vue
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ const collectionExists = computed(() => {
 });
 
 const availableCollections = computed(() => {
-	return orderBy(collectionsStore.databaseCollections, ['sort', 'collection'], ['asc']);
+	return orderBy(
+		collectionsStore.databaseCollections.filter((collection) => collection.meta),
+		['meta.sort', 'collection'],
+	);
 });
 
 const systemCollections = collectionsStore.crudSafeSystemCollections;
diff --git a/app/src/modules/settings/routes/roles/item/components/permissions-overview.vue b/app/src/modules/settings/routes/roles/item/components/permissions-overview.vue
index 2d1b48f23d..25d5b13bd0 100644
--- a/app/src/modules/settings/routes/roles/item/components/permissions-overview.vue
+++ b/app/src/modules/settings/routes/roles/item/components/permissions-overview.vue
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const { t } = useI18n();
 
 const collectionsStore = useCollectionsStore();
 
-const regularCollections = computed(() => collectionsStore.databaseCollections);
+const regularCollections = computed(() => orderBy(collectionsStore.databaseCollections, ['meta.sort', 'collection']));
 
 const systemCollections = computed(() =>
 	orderBy(
diff --git a/app/src/stores/collections.ts b/app/src/stores/collections.ts
index a3d25e31d2..f1d6b77b33 100644
--- a/app/src/stores/collections.ts
+++ b/app/src/stores/collections.ts
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ export const useCollectionsStore = defineStore('collectionsStore', () => {
 			collections.value.filter((collection) => {
 				return collection.collection.startsWith('directus_') === true;
 			}),
-			['collection'],
-			['asc'],
+			'collection',
 		).filter((collection) => COLLECTIONS_DENY_LIST.includes(collection.collection) === false),
 	);
 
diff --git a/contributors.yml b/contributors.yml
index acff9bf31a..99b2ae7fc5 100644
--- a/contributors.yml
+++ b/contributors.yml
@@ -103,3 +103,4 @@
 - mahendraHegde
 - nassan
 - emahuni
+- khako