diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapInfo.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapInfo.cs
index 1ea1c8ab4c..96254295a6 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapInfo.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapInfo.cs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
 
         public BeatmapMetadata Metadata { get; set; } = null!;
 
+        [JsonIgnore]
         [Backlink(nameof(ScoreInfo.BeatmapInfo))]
         public IQueryable<ScoreInfo> Scores { get; } = null!;
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapSetInfo.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapSetInfo.cs
index 3cda111e97..9a4207d5cf 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapSetInfo.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapSetInfo.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using JetBrains.Annotations;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using osu.Framework.Testing;
 using osu.Game.Database;
 using osu.Game.Extensions;
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
 
         public DateTimeOffset DateAdded { get; set; }
 
+        [JsonIgnore]
         public IBeatmapMetadataInfo Metadata => Beatmaps.FirstOrDefault()?.Metadata ?? new BeatmapMetadata();
 
         public IList<BeatmapInfo> Beatmaps { get; } = null!;