diff --git a/src/model_search.jl b/src/model_search.jl
index b85e9e9..19d6cbc 100644
--- a/src/model_search.jl
+++ b/src/model_search.jl
@@ -389,6 +389,15 @@ function localmodeltypes(modl; toplevel=false, wrappers=false)
     end
 end
 
+# helper
+function simple_repr(T)
+    # get rid of type parameters:
+    output = split(repr(T), "{") |> first
+    # get rid of qualifiers:
+    output = split(output, ".") |> last
+    return output
+end
+
 """
     localmodels(; modl=Main, wrappers=false)
     localmodels(filters...; modl=Main, wrappers=false)
@@ -410,11 +419,12 @@ See also [`models`](@ref), [`load_path`](@ref).
 
 """
 function localmodels(args...; modl=Main, kwargs...)
-    modeltypes = localmodeltypes(modl; kwargs...)
+    modeltypes = filter(M-> !isabstracttype(M), localmodeltypes(modl; kwargs...))
     handles = map(modeltypes) do M
-        Handle(MMI.name(M), MMI.package_name(M))
+        name = is_wrapper(M) ? simple_repr(MMI.constructor(M)) : MMI.name(M)
+        Handle(name, MMI.package_name(M))
     end
-    return filter(models(args...)) do model
+    ret = filter(models(args...; kwargs...)) do model
         Handle(model.name, model.package_name) in handles
     end
 end
diff --git a/test/model_search.jl b/test/model_search.jl
index 24eeefe..7b4b61f 100644
--- a/test/model_search.jl
+++ b/test/model_search.jl
@@ -151,5 +151,16 @@ end
     @test pca ∉ models(r"PCA′")
 end
 
+@testset "https://github.com/JuliaAI/MLJModels.jl/issues/594" begin
+    ms = map(m->m.name, models())
+    ms_plus = map(m->m.name, models(; wrappers=true))
+    localms = map(m->m.name, localmodels())
+    localms_plus = map(m->m.name, localmodels(; wrappers=true))
+    @test !("Pipeline" in ms)
+    @test "Pipeline" in ms_plus
+    @test !("Pipeline" in localms)
+    @test "Pipeline" in localms_plus
+end
+
 end
 true