diff --git a/awx/api/versioning.py b/awx/api/versioning.py
index e9c089e37d..2e00d5cbcb 100644
--- a/awx/api/versioning.py
+++ b/awx/api/versioning.py
@@ -2,11 +2,31 @@
 # All Rights Reserved.
 
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.urlresolvers import NoReverseMatch
 
-from rest_framework.reverse import reverse as drf_reverse
+from rest_framework.reverse import _reverse
 from rest_framework.versioning import URLPathVersioning as BaseVersioning
 
 
+def drf_reverse(viewname, args=None, kwargs=None, request=None, format=None, **extra):
+    """
+    Copy and monkey-patch `rest_framework.reverse.reverse` to prevent adding unwarranted
+    query string parameters.
+    """
+    scheme = getattr(request, 'versioning_scheme', None)
+    if scheme is not None:
+        try:
+            url = scheme.reverse(viewname, args, kwargs, request, format, **extra)
+        except NoReverseMatch:
+            # In case the versioning scheme reversal fails, fallback to the
+            # default implementation
+            url = _reverse(viewname, args, kwargs, request, format, **extra)
+    else:
+        url = _reverse(viewname, args, kwargs, request, format, **extra)
+
+    return url
+
+
 def get_request_version(request):
     """
     The API version of a request as an integer i.e., 1 or 2
diff --git a/awx/settings/defaults.py b/awx/settings/defaults.py
index 95114c7379..263a0ab569 100644
--- a/awx/settings/defaults.py
+++ b/awx/settings/defaults.py
@@ -285,7 +285,8 @@ REST_FRAMEWORK = {
     'VIEW_NAME_FUNCTION': 'awx.api.generics.get_view_name',
     'VIEW_DESCRIPTION_FUNCTION': 'awx.api.generics.get_view_description',
     'NON_FIELD_ERRORS_KEY': '__all__',
-    'DEFAULT_VERSION': 'v2'
+    'DEFAULT_VERSION': 'v2',
+    #'URL_FORMAT_OVERRIDE': None,
 }
 
 AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (