diff --git a/addons/api/addon/serializers/application.js b/addons/api/addon/serializers/application.js
index a6b989fa4..9aeb6c083 100644
--- a/addons/api/addon/serializers/application.js
+++ b/addons/api/addon/serializers/application.js
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ import { copy } from 'ember-copy';
  * Manages serialization/normalization of data to/from the API.
  */
 export default class ApplicationSerializer extends RESTSerializer {
+
+  // =attributes
+
+  attrs = {
+    scope: { serialize: false },
+    parentScope: { serialize: false }
+  };
+
   // =methods
 
   /**
@@ -129,4 +137,5 @@ export default class ApplicationSerializer extends RESTSerializer {
       requestType
     );
   }
+
 }
diff --git a/addons/api/tests/unit/serializers/application-test.js b/addons/api/tests/unit/serializers/application-test.js
index be99bacb6..e076babb6 100644
--- a/addons/api/tests/unit/serializers/application-test.js
+++ b/addons/api/tests/unit/serializers/application-test.js
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ module('Unit | Serializer | application', function (hooks) {
     const serializedRecord = record.serialize();
     assert.deepEqual(serializedRecord, {
       name: 'User',
-      description: 'Description',
-      scope_id: 'global'
+      description: 'Description'
       //disabled: false,  // TODO:  disabled is temporarily disabled
     });
   });