diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/workspace.cc b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/workspace.cc
index c5d6d4c092a..c8f2d4a9dd2 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/workspace.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/workspace.cc
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ static void workspace_foreach_id(ID *id, LibraryForeachIDData *data)
 {
   WorkSpace *workspace = (WorkSpace *)id;
 
-  BKE_LIB_FOREACHID_PROCESS_IDSUPER(data, workspace->pin_scene, IDWALK_CB_NOP);
-  BKE_LIB_FOREACHID_PROCESS_IDSUPER(data, workspace->sequencer_scene, IDWALK_CB_NOP);
+  BKE_LIB_FOREACHID_PROCESS_IDSUPER(data, workspace->pin_scene, IDWALK_CB_DIRECT_WEAK_LINK);
+  BKE_LIB_FOREACHID_PROCESS_IDSUPER(data, workspace->sequencer_scene, IDWALK_CB_DIRECT_WEAK_LINK);
 
   LISTBASE_FOREACH (WorkSpaceLayout *, layout, &workspace->layouts) {
     BKE_LIB_FOREACHID_PROCESS_IDSUPER(data, layout->screen, IDWALK_CB_USER);
diff --git a/source/blender/blenloader/intern/readfile.cc b/source/blender/blenloader/intern/readfile.cc
index 7f9c8690c9f..375b03fe105 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenloader/intern/readfile.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenloader/intern/readfile.cc
@@ -4443,6 +4443,12 @@ static int expand_cb(LibraryIDLinkCallbackData *cb_data)
     return IDWALK_RET_NOP;
   }
 
+  /* Do not expand weak links. These are used when the user interface links to scene data,
+   * but we don't want to bring along such datablocks with a workspace. */
+  if (cb_data->cb_flag & IDWALK_CB_DIRECT_WEAK_LINK) {
+    return IDWALK_RET_NOP;
+  }
+
   /* Explicitly requested to be ignored during readfile processing. Means the read_data code
    * already handled this pointer. Typically, the 'owner_id' pointer of an embedded ID. */
   if (cb_data->cb_flag & IDWALK_CB_READFILE_IGNORE) {