diff --git a/src/gui/event-editor/gcal-event-editor-dialog.c b/src/gui/event-editor/gcal-event-editor-dialog.c
index 283fe0356d8b622fac5ca9988b2d79ba42d871ee..8db3a9fd8e3295f01c9ee52c60b2fdd8b7366fe1 100644
--- a/src/gui/event-editor/gcal-event-editor-dialog.c
+++ b/src/gui/event-editor/gcal-event-editor-dialog.c
@@ -210,13 +210,13 @@ create_row_func (gpointer data,
 static void
 setup_context (GcalEventEditorDialog *self)
 {
+  g_autoptr (GListModel) calendars = NULL;
   GcalManager *manager;
-  GListModel *calendars;
 
   GCAL_ENTRY;
 
   manager = gcal_context_get_manager (self->context);
-  calendars = gcal_manager_get_calendars_model (manager);
+  calendars = gcal_create_writable_calendars_model (manager);
 
   gtk_list_box_bind_model (self->calendars_listbox, calendars, create_row_func, self, NULL);
 
diff --git a/src/gui/importer/gcal-import-dialog.c b/src/gui/importer/gcal-import-dialog.c
index bf608364dd5fc87dd289610733199f82bbc62760..dd41991293a14323a87226aabd29e6ab21659ea5 100644
--- a/src/gui/importer/gcal-import-dialog.c
+++ b/src/gui/importer/gcal-import-dialog.c
@@ -98,13 +98,13 @@ import_data_free (gpointer data)
 static void
 update_default_calendar (GcalImportDialog *self)
 {
+  g_autoptr (GListModel) calendars = NULL;
   GcalCalendar *default_calendar;
   GcalManager *manager;
-  GListModel *calendars;
   guint position;
 
   manager = gcal_context_get_manager (self->context);
-  calendars = gcal_manager_get_calendars_model (manager);
+  calendars = gcal_create_writable_calendars_model (manager);
   default_calendar = gcal_manager_get_default_calendar (manager);
 
   if (default_calendar && g_list_store_find (G_LIST_STORE (calendars), default_calendar, &position))
@@ -114,15 +114,17 @@ update_default_calendar (GcalImportDialog *self)
 static void
 setup_calendars (GcalImportDialog *self)
 {
+  g_autoptr (GListModel) calendars = NULL;
   GcalManager *manager;
 
   g_assert (self->context != NULL);
 
   manager = gcal_context_get_manager (self->context);
+  calendars = gcal_create_writable_calendars_model (manager);
 
   // TODO: sort model
 
-  adw_combo_row_set_model (self->calendar_combo_row, gcal_manager_get_calendars_model (manager));
+  adw_combo_row_set_model (self->calendar_combo_row, calendars);
   update_default_calendar (self);
 
   g_signal_connect_object (manager, "notify::default-calendar", G_CALLBACK (update_default_calendar), self, G_CONNECT_SWAPPED);
diff --git a/src/utils/gcal-utils.c b/src/utils/gcal-utils.c
index d2721b510406f1673a34c5d560d43cd45d62ad60..c78549f8a848432890688b98d20134ef5ab57654 100644
--- a/src/utils/gcal-utils.c
+++ b/src/utils/gcal-utils.c
@@ -1356,3 +1356,29 @@ gcal_create_soup_session (void)
 
   return g_steal_pointer (&session);
 }
+
+/**
+ * gcal_create_writable_calendars_model:
+ * @manager: a #GcalManager
+ *
+ * Retrieves a model with all available read-write #GcalCalendar.
+ * This is useful for binding to combo rows.
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer full): a #GListModel with all available read-write #GcalCalendar
+ */
+GListModel*
+gcal_create_writable_calendars_model (GcalManager *manager)
+{
+  GtkBoolFilter *bool_filter;
+  GtkExpression *expression;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GCAL_IS_MANAGER (manager), NULL);
+
+  expression = gtk_property_expression_new (GCAL_TYPE_CALENDAR, NULL, "read-only");
+
+  bool_filter = gtk_bool_filter_new (expression);
+  gtk_bool_filter_set_invert (bool_filter, TRUE);
+
+  return G_LIST_MODEL (gtk_filter_list_model_new (G_LIST_MODEL (gcal_manager_get_calendars_model (manager)),
+                                                  GTK_FILTER (bool_filter)));
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/gcal-utils.h b/src/utils/gcal-utils.h
index 721847a29ab86510caca6d0aa5e75e87abee0903..c5dd8d24d0cb63b8a96e27350b93521445d2ffed 100644
--- a/src/utils/gcal-utils.h
+++ b/src/utils/gcal-utils.h
@@ -141,4 +141,6 @@ const gchar*         gcal_get_service_name_from_url              (const gchar
 
 SoupSession *        gcal_create_soup_session                    (void);
 
+GListModel *         gcal_create_writable_calendars_model        (GcalManager        *manager);
+
 #endif /* __GCAL_UTILS_H__ */