diff --git a/erpnext/public/js/controllers/buying.js b/erpnext/public/js/controllers/buying.js
index bbf1ff6736..58eb891600 100644
--- a/erpnext/public/js/controllers/buying.js
+++ b/erpnext/public/js/controllers/buying.js
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ erpnext.buying.BuyingController = class BuyingController extends erpnext.Transac
 			else {
 				return{
 					query: "erpnext.controllers.queries.item_query",
-					filters: { 'supplier': me.frm.doc.supplier, 'is_purchase_item': 1 }
+					filters: { 'supplier': me.frm.doc.supplier, 'is_purchase_item': 1, 'has_variants': 0}
 				}
 			}
 		});
diff --git a/erpnext/selling/sales_common.js b/erpnext/selling/sales_common.js
index 98131f96ed..0954de4e66 100644
--- a/erpnext/selling/sales_common.js
+++ b/erpnext/selling/sales_common.js
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ erpnext.selling.SellingController = class SellingController extends erpnext.Tran
 			this.frm.set_query("item_code", "items", function() {
 				return {
 					query: "erpnext.controllers.queries.item_query",
-					filters: {'is_sales_item': 1, 'customer': cur_frm.doc.customer}
+					filters: {'is_sales_item': 1, 'customer': cur_frm.doc.customer, 'has_variants': 0}
 				}
 			});
 		}