diff --git a/src/state/CallViewModel/CallViewModel.test.ts b/src/state/CallViewModel/CallViewModel.test.ts
index aca3ee7b..1fecd112 100644
--- a/src/state/CallViewModel/CallViewModel.test.ts
+++ b/src/state/CallViewModel/CallViewModel.test.ts
@@ -750,6 +750,53 @@ describe.each([
     });
   });
 
+  test("PiP tile in expanded spotlight layout avoids redundantly showing local user", () => {
+    withTestScheduler(({ behavior, schedule, expectObservable }) => {
+      // Switch to spotlight immediately
+      const modeInputMarbles = "       s";
+      // And expand the spotlight immediately
+      const expandInputMarbles = "     a";
+      // First no one else is in the call, then Alice joins
+      const participantInputMarbles = "ab";
+      // First local user should be in the spotlight, then they appear in PiP
+      // only once Alice has joined
+      const expectedLayoutMarbles = "  ab";
+
+      withCallViewModel(
+        {
+          rtcMembers$: behavior(participantInputMarbles, {
+            a: [localRtcMember],
+            b: [localRtcMember, aliceRtcMember],
+          }),
+        },
+        (vm) => {
+          schedule(modeInputMarbles, {
+            s: () => vm.setGridMode("spotlight"),
+          });
+          schedule(expandInputMarbles, {
+            a: () => vm.toggleSpotlightExpanded$.value!(),
+          });
+
+          expectObservable(summarizeLayout$(vm.layout$)).toBe(
+            expectedLayoutMarbles,
+            {
+              a: {
+                type: "spotlight-expanded",
+                spotlight: [`${localId}:0`],
+                pip: undefined,
+              },
+              b: {
+                type: "spotlight-expanded",
+                spotlight: [`${aliceId}:0`],
+                pip: `${localId}:0`,
+              },
+            },
+          );
+        },
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
   test("spotlight remembers whether it's expanded", () => {
     withTestScheduler(({ schedule, expectObservable }) => {
       // Start in spotlight mode, then switch to grid and back to spotlight a
diff --git a/src/state/CallViewModel/CallViewModel.ts b/src/state/CallViewModel/CallViewModel.ts
index 8b4d19fb..6dca08dc 100644
--- a/src/state/CallViewModel/CallViewModel.ts
+++ b/src/state/CallViewModel/CallViewModel.ts
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ export function createCallViewModel$(
 
   const spotlightAndPip$ = scope.behavior<{
     spotlight: MediaViewModel[];
-    pip$: Behavior<UserMediaViewModel | undefined>;
+    pip$: Observable<UserMediaViewModel | undefined>;
   }>(
     ringingMedia$.pipe(
       switchMap((ringingMedia) => {
@@ -966,7 +966,10 @@ export function createCallViewModel$(
             return spotlightSpeaker$.pipe(
               map((speaker) => ({
                 spotlight: speaker ? [speaker] : [],
-                pip$: localUserMediaForPip$,
+                // Hide PiP if redundant (i.e. if local user is already in spotlight)
+                pip$: localUserMediaForPip$.pipe(
+                  map((m) => (m === speaker ? undefined : m)),
+                ),
               })),
             );
           }),