diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 87f788dd3..3a2dc0cc0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # **Upcoming release**
 
+- Remove site-packages from packages search tree (@tkrabel)
+
 # Release 1.11.0
 
 - #710, #561 Implement `except*` syntax (@lieryan)
diff --git a/rope/contrib/autoimport/utils.py b/rope/contrib/autoimport/utils.py
index f3f581159..5238339de 100644
--- a/rope/contrib/autoimport/utils.py
+++ b/rope/contrib/autoimport/utils.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def get_package_tuple(
     """
     package_name = package_path.name
     package_type: PackageType
-    if package_name.startswith(".") or package_name == "__pycache__":
+    if package_name.startswith(".") or package_name in ["__pycache__", "site-packages"]:
         return None
     if package_name.endswith((".egg-info", ".dist-info")):
         return None