diff --git a/lib/storage/metadata/mongoclient/readStream.js b/lib/storage/metadata/mongoclient/readStream.js
index 3ff54f3e1..97a697bbe 100644
--- a/lib/storage/metadata/mongoclient/readStream.js
+++ b/lib/storage/metadata/mongoclient/readStream.js
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ class MongoReadStream extends Readable {
             Object.assign(query, searchOptions);
         }
 
-        this._cursor = c.find(query).sort({
+        const projection = { 'value.location': 0 };
+        this._cursor = c.find(query, { projection }).sort({
             _id: options.reverse ? -1 : 1,
         });
         if (options.limit && options.limit !== -1) {