diff --git a/gateway-service/src/main/java/org/zowe/apiml/gateway/service/RouteLocator.java b/gateway-service/src/main/java/org/zowe/apiml/gateway/service/RouteLocator.java
index eeac8c41d7..c9fd1113cf 100644
--- a/gateway-service/src/main/java/org/zowe/apiml/gateway/service/RouteLocator.java
+++ b/gateway-service/src/main/java/org/zowe/apiml/gateway/service/RouteLocator.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import org.springframework.cloud.gateway.route.RouteDefinitionLocator;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+import org.springframework.util.PatternMatchUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.cors.reactive.UrlBasedCorsConfigurationSource;
 import org.zowe.apiml.auth.Authentication;
 import org.zowe.apiml.auth.AuthenticationScheme;
@@ -44,6 +45,9 @@ public class RouteLocator implements RouteDefinitionLocator {
 
     private static final EurekaMetadataParser metadataParser = new EurekaMetadataParser();
 
+    @Value("${apiml.routing.ignoredServices:}")
+    private String[] ignoredServices;
+
     @Value("${apiml.service.forwardClientCertEnabled:false}")
     private boolean forwardingClientCertEnabled;
 
@@ -80,6 +84,7 @@ public RouteLocator(
 
     Flux<List<ServiceInstance>> getServiceInstances() {
         return discoveryClient.getServices()
+            .filter(this::filterIgnored)
             .flatMap(service -> discoveryClient.getInstances(service)
             .collectList());
     }
@@ -186,4 +191,7 @@ public Flux<RouteDefinition> getRouteDefinitions() {
         .flatMapIterable(list -> list);
     }
 
+    private boolean filterIgnored(String serviceId) {
+        return !PatternMatchUtils.simpleMatch(ignoredServices, serviceId);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/gateway-service/src/main/resources/application.yml b/gateway-service/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 110be8b577..7ad33c3dff 100644
--- a/gateway-service/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/gateway-service/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ apiml:
         timeToLive: 10000
     routing:
         instanceIdHeader: false
+        ignoredServices: discovery,zaas # to disable routing to the Discovery and ZAAS service
     service:
         apimlId: apiml1
         corsEnabled: true
@@ -113,13 +114,6 @@ server:
         trustStore: keystore/localhost/localhost.truststore.p12
         trustStorePassword: password
         trustStoreType: PKCS12
-
-    cloud:
-        gateway:
-            discovery:
-                locator:
-                    enabled: false
-                    lowerCaseServiceId: true
     application:
         name: gateway
     main:
diff --git a/gateway-service/src/test/java/org/zowe/apiml/gateway/service/RouteLocatorTest.java b/gateway-service/src/test/java/org/zowe/apiml/gateway/service/RouteLocatorTest.java
index c296b96b8a..30579389bd 100644
--- a/gateway-service/src/test/java/org/zowe/apiml/gateway/service/RouteLocatorTest.java
+++ b/gateway-service/src/test/java/org/zowe/apiml/gateway/service/RouteLocatorTest.java
@@ -136,6 +136,19 @@ void givenDiscoveryClient_whenGetServiceInstances_thenReturnAllServiceInstances(
             );
         }
 
+        @Test
+        void givenIgnoredServices_whenGetServiceInstances_thenFilteredOut() {
+            ReflectionTestUtils.setField(routeLocator, "ignoredServices", new String[]{"discovery"} );
+            when(discoveryClient.getServices()).thenReturn(Flux.fromArray(new String[] {"service", "discovery"}));
+            ServiceInstance serviceInstance = mock(ServiceInstance.class);
+            ServiceInstance discoveryInstance = mock(ServiceInstance.class);
+            doReturn(Flux.just(serviceInstance)).when(discoveryClient).getInstances("service");
+            doReturn(Flux.just(discoveryInstance)).when(discoveryClient).getInstances("discovery");
+
+            doCallRealMethod().when(routeLocator).getServiceInstances();
+            assertArrayEquals(new Object[] {Collections.singletonList(serviceInstance)}, routeLocator.getServiceInstances().toStream().toArray());
+        }
+
         @Test
         void givenNoAuthentication_whenSetAuth_thenDoNothing() {
             assertDoesNotThrow(() -> routeLocator.setAuth(MOCK_SERVICE,null, null));