diff --git a/gns3server/controller/topology.py b/gns3server/controller/topology.py
index ae8f7165b..b5b87322a 100644
--- a/gns3server/controller/topology.py
+++ b/gns3server/controller/topology.py
@@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ def project_to_topology(project):
         data["topology"]["drawings"].append(drawing.__json__(topology_dump=True))
     for compute in computes:
         if hasattr(compute, "__json__"):
-            data["topology"]["computes"].append(compute.__json__(topology_dump=True))
+            compute = compute.__json__(topology_dump=True)
+            if compute["compute_id"] not in ("vm", "local", ):
+                data["topology"]["computes"].append(compute)
     _check_topology_schema(data)
     return data