diff --git a/src/PostgREST/DbStructure.hs b/src/PostgREST/DbStructure.hs
index 6c10d36e89..cb3f6fe99a 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/DbStructure.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/DbStructure.hs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ These queries are executed once at startup or when PostgREST is reloaded.
 module PostgREST.DbStructure
   ( DbStructure(..)
   , getDbStructure
+  , removeInternalSchemas
   , accessibleTables
   , accessibleProcs
   , schemaDescription
@@ -80,6 +81,19 @@ tableCols dbs tSchema tName = filter (\Column{colTable=Table{tableSchema=s, tabl
 tablePKCols :: DbStructure -> Schema -> TableName -> [Text]
 tablePKCols dbs tSchema tName =  pkName <$> filter (\pk -> tSchema == (tableSchema . pkTable) pk && tName == (tableName . pkTable) pk) (dbPrimaryKeys dbs)
 
+-- | Remove internal schemas(not exposed through the API) from the DbStructure
+removeInternalSchemas :: DbStructure -> [Schema] -> DbStructure
+removeInternalSchemas dbStruct schemas =
+  DbStructure {
+      dbTables      = filter (\x -> tableSchema x `elem` schemas) $ dbTables dbStruct
+    , dbColumns     = filter (\x -> tableSchema (colTable x) `elem` schemas) $ dbColumns dbStruct
+    , dbRelations   = filter (\x -> tableSchema (relTable x) `elem` schemas &&
+                                    tableSchema (relFTable x) `elem` schemas) $ dbRelations dbStruct
+    , dbPrimaryKeys = filter (\x -> tableSchema (pkTable x) `elem` schemas) $ dbPrimaryKeys dbStruct
+    , dbProcs       = M.filterWithKey (\(QualifiedIdentifier sch _) _ -> sch `elem` schemas) $ dbProcs dbStruct
+    , pgVersion     = pgVersion dbStruct
+    }
+
 -- | The source table column a view column refers to
 type SourceColumn = (Column, ViewColumn)
 type ViewColumn = Column
diff --git a/src/PostgREST/Middleware.hs b/src/PostgREST/Middleware.hs
index d856196205..6c328a1aa0 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/Middleware.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/Middleware.hs
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ import System.IO.Unsafe          (unsafePerformIO)
 import System.Log.FastLogger     (toLogStr)
 
 import PostgREST.Config             (AppConfig (..), LogLevel (..))
-import PostgREST.DbStructure        (DbStructure)
+import PostgREST.DbStructure        (DbStructure,
+                                     removeInternalSchemas)
 import PostgREST.Error              (Error, errorResponseFor)
 import PostgREST.GucHeader          (addHeadersIfNotIncluded)
 import PostgREST.Query.SqlFragment  (fromQi, intercalateSnippet,
@@ -78,7 +79,8 @@ runPgLocals conf claims app req dbs = do
       setConfigLocal mempty ("search_path", toS schemas)
     preReqSql = (\f -> "select " <> fromQi f <> "();") <$> configDbPreRequest conf
     specSql = case iTarget req of
-      TargetProc{tpIsRootSpec=True} -> [setConfigLocal mempty ("request.spec", toS $ JSON.encode dbs)]
+      TargetProc{tpIsRootSpec=True} -> [setConfigLocal mempty
+                                        ("request.spec", toS $ JSON.encode $ removeInternalSchemas dbs $ toList $ configDbSchemas conf)]
       _                             -> mempty
     -- | Do a pg set_config(setting, value, true) call. This is equivalent to a SET LOCAL.
     setConfigLocal :: ByteString -> (ByteString, ByteString) -> H.Snippet
@@ -183,3 +185,4 @@ optionalRollback AppConfig{..} ApiRequest{..} transaction = do
             [(HTTP.hPreferenceApplied, BS.pack (show Rollback))]
       | otherwise =
           identity
+