diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular-elements/src/app/custom-strategy.ts b/projects/igniteui-angular-elements/src/app/custom-strategy.ts
index 0784e3abf83..e4d77febdd6 100644
--- a/projects/igniteui-angular-elements/src/app/custom-strategy.ts
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular-elements/src/app/custom-strategy.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { ComponentConfig, ContentQueryMeta } from './component-config';
 
 import { ComponentNgElementStrategy, ComponentNgElementStrategyFactory, extractProjectableNodes } from './ng-element-strategy';
 import { TemplateWrapperComponent } from './wrapper/wrapper.component';
+import { IExpressionTree, IFilteringExpression } from 'igniteui-angular';
 
 export const ComponentRefKey = Symbol('ComponentRef');
 const SCHEDULE_DELAY = 10;
@@ -451,11 +452,30 @@ class IgxCustomNgElementStrategy extends ComponentNgElementStrategy {
     }
 
     protected patchOutputComponents(eventName: string, eventArgs: any) {
-        // Single out only `columnInit` event for now. If more events pop up will require a config generation.
-        if (eventName !== "columnInit") {
+        if (eventName === 'filteringExpressionsTreeChange' || eventName === 'expressionTreeChange' || eventName === 'advancedFilteringExpressionsTreeChange') {
+            this.stripExternalObject(eventArgs);
             return eventArgs;
         }
-        return this.createProxyForComponentValue(eventArgs, 1).value;
+        // Single out only `columnInit` event for now. If more events pop up will require a config generation.
+        if (eventName === "columnInit") {
+            return this.createProxyForComponentValue(eventArgs, 1).value;
+        }
+        return eventArgs;
+    }
+
+    protected stripExternalObject(tree: IExpressionTree): void {
+        for (const operand of tree?.filteringOperands ?? []) {
+            if ('operator' in operand) {
+                this.stripExternalObject(operand);
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            delete (operand.condition as any)?.externalObject;
+
+            if ((operand as IFilteringExpression).searchTree) {
+                this.stripExternalObject(operand.searchTree);
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/query-builder/query-builder-tree.component.ts b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/query-builder/query-builder-tree.component.ts
index f456b40dbc7..d24fd109274 100644
--- a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/query-builder/query-builder-tree.component.ts
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/query-builder/query-builder-tree.component.ts
@@ -1701,7 +1701,7 @@ export class IgxQueryBuilderTreeComponent implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy {
         this.cancelOperandEdit();
 
         // Ignore values of certain properties for the comparison
-        const propsToIgnore = ['parent', 'hovered', 'ignoreCase', 'inEditMode', 'inAddMode'];
+        const propsToIgnore = ['parent', 'hovered', 'ignoreCase', 'inEditMode', 'inAddMode', 'externalObject'];
         const propsReplacer = function replacer(key, value) {
             if (propsToIgnore.indexOf(key) >= 0) {
                 return undefined;