diff --git a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/SettingCompletions.scala b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/SettingCompletions.scala
index 0f4157eb1..77e3cae67 100644
--- a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/SettingCompletions.scala
+++ b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/SettingCompletions.scala
@@ -55,12 +55,28 @@ private[sbt] object SettingCompletions {
     def resolve(s: Setting[?]): Seq[Setting[?]] =
       Load.transformSettings(projectScope, currentRef.build, rootProject, s :: Nil)
 
+    def axisMatches[T](user: ScopeAxis[T], existing: ScopeAxis[T]): Boolean =
+      user match
+        case Zero | This => true
+        case Select(_)   => user == existing
+
     def rescope[T](setting: Setting[T]): Seq[Setting[?]] = {
       val akey = setting.key.key
-      val global = ScopedKey(Global, akey)
+      val userScope = setting.key.scope
+      val baseScope = Scope(
+        Zero,
+        Scope.subThis(Zero, userScope.config),
+        Scope.subThis(Zero, userScope.task),
+        Scope.subThis(Zero, userScope.extra),
+      )
+      val global = ScopedKey(baseScope, akey)
       val globalSetting = resolve(Def.setting(global, setting.init, setting.pos))
       globalSetting ++ allDefs.flatMap { d =>
-        if d.key == akey then Seq((d.scope / SettingKey(akey)) := global.value)
+        if d.key == akey
+          && axisMatches(userScope.config, d.scope.config)
+          && axisMatches(userScope.task, d.scope.task)
+          && axisMatches(userScope.extra, d.scope.extra)
+        then Seq((d.scope / SettingKey(akey)) := global.value)
         else Nil
       }
     }
diff --git a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/tests/set-every-scoped/a/src/main/scala/A.scala b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/tests/set-every-scoped/a/src/main/scala/A.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69c493db2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/tests/set-every-scoped/a/src/main/scala/A.scala
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+object A
diff --git a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/tests/set-every-scoped/b/src/main/scala/B.scala b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/tests/set-every-scoped/b/src/main/scala/B.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..251ef7397
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/tests/set-every-scoped/b/src/main/scala/B.scala
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+object B
diff --git a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/tests/set-every-scoped/build.sbt b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/tests/set-every-scoped/build.sbt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e073fe44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/tests/set-every-scoped/build.sbt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+val a = project
+val b = project
+
+val checkCompileSourcesNonEmpty = taskKey[Unit]("Verify Compile / sources is still non-empty")
+
+checkCompileSourcesNonEmpty := {
+  val srcs = (Compile / sources).value
+  if (srcs.isEmpty)
+    sys.error("Compile / sources should not be empty, but it was.")
+}
+
+val checkTestSourcesEmpty = taskKey[Unit]("Verify Test / sources is empty")
+
+checkTestSourcesEmpty := {
+  val srcs = (Test / sources).value
+  if (srcs.nonEmpty)
+    sys.error(s"Test / sources should be empty, but had: ${srcs}")
+}
diff --git a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/tests/set-every-scoped/test b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/tests/set-every-scoped/test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..612019c18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/tests/set-every-scoped/test
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# set every with a scoped key should only affect that scope across all projects
+> set every Test / sources := Nil
+
+# Compile / sources should still be non-empty for all projects
+> a/checkCompileSourcesNonEmpty
+> b/checkCompileSourcesNonEmpty
+
+# Test / sources should be empty for all projects
+> a/checkTestSourcesEmpty
+> b/checkTestSourcesEmpty