diff --git a/internal/driver/chrome/selector_parity_test.go b/internal/driver/chrome/selector_parity_test.go
index 76b3729..d31c9e8 100644
--- a/internal/driver/chrome/selector_parity_test.go
+++ b/internal/driver/chrome/selector_parity_test.go
@@ -149,6 +149,22 @@ func TestSelectors_ResolveTheSameElementsAsTheWebRuntime(t *testing.T) {
 			object:   objectSelector("secure", "false"),
 			want:     []string{"login_email", "login_note", "login_terms"},
 		},
+		{
+			// The head subtree renders nothing, so the hierarchy dump drops it
+			// (buildTree in driver.go) and so does the enumeration the picker
+			// walks (targetElements in web-runtime.ts). A selector resolving
+			// into it names an element the goja host cannot see at all.
+			name:     "tag naming the head element",
+			selector: "tag:head",
+			object:   objectSelector("tag", "head"),
+			want:     nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "tag naming an element inside the head",
+			selector: "tag:title",
+			object:   objectSelector("tag", "title"),
+			want:     nil,
+		},
 		{
 			// The root element answers a selector like any other: the string
 			// form scans from the root down, and the object form used to start
diff --git a/pkg/spec/src/web-runtime.ts b/pkg/spec/src/web-runtime.ts
index 3966a90..0d99d5b 100644
--- a/pkg/spec/src/web-runtime.ts
+++ b/pkg/spec/src/web-runtime.ts
@@ -426,12 +426,22 @@ function deepQueryAll(selector: string, root: ParentNode): Element[] {
 
 // matchedElements resolves one compiled selector: the document query first, then
 // the states it named, which no query can express.
+//
+// The head subtree is dropped here the way targetElements drops it from the
+// enumeration and buildTree (internal/driver/chrome/driver.go) drops it from the
+// dump: it renders nothing, so a selector reaching into it names an element the
+// goja host cannot see at all. document.head is absent only from the small fake
+// documents the unit tests install.
 function matchedElements(root: ParentNode, compiled: CompiledSelector): Element[] {
   const { css, xpath, match } = compiled;
   let found: Element[] = [];
   if (css) found = deepQueryAll(css, root);
   else if (xpath) found = evaluateXPathAll(xpath, root as Node);
-  return match === undefined ? found : found.filter(match);
+  const head: Element | undefined = document.head;
+  return found.filter(
+    (element) =>
+      !(head !== undefined && head.contains(element)) && (match === undefined || match(element)),
+  );
 }
 
 function queryElement(