diff --git a/ranges/index.js b/ranges/index.js
index cf45e17..00ca6e8 100644
--- a/ranges/index.js
+++ b/ranges/index.js
@@ -273,14 +273,18 @@ async function generateRanges(filter, options) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// make sure we remove any unrequested remnants from lts/active construction
-	if (Array.isArray(localFilter) && localFilter.includes('lts/active')) {
-		if (!localFilter.includes('lts/latest')) {
-			ranges['lts/latest'] = undefined;
+	// make sure we remove any unrequested remnants from lts/active construction.
+	// a string filter is checked as a one-item list, since `includes` on a
+	// string matches substrings
+	const requested = [localFilter].flat();
+
+	if (requested.includes('lts/active') && !requested.includes('all')) {
+		if (!requested.includes('lts/latest')) {
+			delete ranges['lts/latest'];
 		}
 
-		if (!localFilter.includes('lts/maintenance')) {
-			ranges['lts/maintenance'] = undefined;
+		if (!requested.includes('lts/maintenance')) {
+			delete ranges['lts/maintenance'];
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/ranges/test/matrixAlias.test.js b/ranges/test/matrixAlias.test.js
index 945db63..4ec7a41 100644
--- a/ranges/test/matrixAlias.test.js
+++ b/ranges/test/matrixAlias.test.js
@@ -301,4 +301,9 @@ describe('data should exist as it is defined when calling multiple aliases', asy
 		assert.deepStrictEqual(data.all, undefined);
 		assert.deepStrictEqual(data['lts/latest'], undefined);
 	});
+
+	it('every range should be present if an array with "all" and "lts/active" is passed', async () => {
+		const data = await ranges(['all', 'lts/active'], at());
+		assert.deepStrictEqual(data, await ranges('all', at()));
+	});
 });
diff --git a/ranges/test/singleAlias.test.js b/ranges/test/singleAlias.test.js
index af95eed..0b1c5b8 100644
--- a/ranges/test/singleAlias.test.js
+++ b/ranges/test/singleAlias.test.js
@@ -84,4 +84,9 @@ describe('data should exist as it is defined when calling a single alias', async
 			true,
 		);
 	});
+
+	it('only "lts/active" should be present if the string "lts/active" is passed', async () => {
+		const data = await ranges('lts/active', at());
+		assert.deepStrictEqual(Object.keys(data), ['lts/active']);
+	});
 });