diff --git a/connectors/jdbc/translator-jdbc/src/main/java/org/teiid/translator/jdbc/JDBCMetadataProcessor.java b/connectors/jdbc/translator-jdbc/src/main/java/org/teiid/translator/jdbc/JDBCMetadataProcessor.java
index 0fe1d88bd5..be0fc41bea 100644
--- a/connectors/jdbc/translator-jdbc/src/main/java/org/teiid/translator/jdbc/JDBCMetadataProcessor.java
+++ b/connectors/jdbc/translator-jdbc/src/main/java/org/teiid/translator/jdbc/JDBCMetadataProcessor.java
@@ -104,8 +104,6 @@ public TableInfo(String catalog, String schema, String name, Table table) {
 	private Pattern excludeProcedures;
 	private Pattern excludeSequences;
 	
-	private int excludedTables;
-	
 	private boolean useAnyIndexCardinality;
 	private boolean importStatistics;
 	
@@ -240,7 +238,7 @@ private void getProcedures(MetadataFactory metadataFactory,
 				}
 			}
 			String fullProcedureName = getFullyQualifiedName(procedureCatalog, procedureSchema, procedureName);
-			if (excludeProcedures != null && excludeProcedures.matcher(fullProcedureName).matches()) {
+			if ((excludeProcedures != null && excludeProcedures.matcher(fullProcedureName).matches()) || isHiddenSchema(procedureCatalog, procedureSchema)) {
 				continue;
 			}
 			Procedure procedure = metadataFactory.addProcedure(useFullSchemaName?fullProcedureName:procedureName);
@@ -329,8 +327,7 @@ private Map<String, TableInfo> getTables(MetadataFactory metadataFactory,
 			String tableName = tables.getString(3);
 			String remarks = tables.getString(5);
 			String fullName = getFullyQualifiedName(tableCatalog, tableSchema, tableName);
-			if (shouldExclude(fullName)) {
-				excludedTables++;
+			if (shouldExclude(fullName) || isHiddenSchema(tableCatalog, tableSchema)) {
 				continue;
 			}
 			Table table = addTable(metadataFactory, tableCatalog, tableSchema,
@@ -388,22 +385,13 @@ private void getColumns(MetadataFactory metadataFactory,
 			DatabaseMetaData metadata, Map<String, TableInfo> tableMap, Connection conn)
 			throws SQLException {
 		LogManager.logDetail(LogConstants.CTX_CONNECTOR, "JDBCMetadataProcessor - Importing columns"); //$NON-NLS-1$
-		boolean singleSchema = schemaPattern != null && !schemaPattern.contains("_") && !schemaPattern.contains("%"); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
-		if ((excludeTables == null && schemaPattern == null && tableNamePattern == null) //getting everything
-			|| (singleSchema && tableNamePattern == null && 
-					(excludeTables == null //getting all from a single schema 
-					|| tableMap.size()/2 > Math.sqrt(tableMap.size()/2 + excludedTables)))) {  //not excluding enough from a single schema
-			ResultSet columns = metadata.getColumns(catalog, schemaPattern, tableNamePattern, columnNamePattern);
+		for (TableInfo ti : new LinkedHashSet<TableInfo>(tableMap.values())) {
+			ResultSet columns = metadata.getColumns(ti.catalog, ti.schema, ti.name, columnNamePattern);
 			processColumns(metadataFactory, tableMap, columns, conn);
-		} else {
-			for (TableInfo ti : new LinkedHashSet<TableInfo>(tableMap.values())) {
-				ResultSet columns = metadata.getColumns(ti.catalog, ti.schema, ti.name, columnNamePattern);
-				processColumns(metadataFactory, tableMap, columns, conn);
-			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	private void processColumns(MetadataFactory metadataFactory,
+    private void processColumns(MetadataFactory metadataFactory,
 			Map<String, TableInfo> tableMap, ResultSet columns, Connection conn)
 			throws SQLException {
 		int rsColumns = columns.getMetaData().getColumnCount();
@@ -799,6 +787,9 @@ public void getSequences(MetadataFactory metadataFactory, Connection conn) throw
                 String sequenceCatalog = sequences.getString(1);
                 String sequenceSchema = sequences.getString(2);
                 String sequenceName = sequences.getString(3);
+                if (isHiddenSchema(sequenceCatalog, sequenceSchema)) {
+                    continue;
+                }
                 //TODO: type
                 String sequenceTeiidName = getFullyQualifiedName(sequenceCatalog, sequenceSchema, sequenceName);
                 if (excludeSequences != null && excludeSequences.matcher(sequenceTeiidName).matches()) {
@@ -1151,5 +1142,15 @@ public boolean isUseIntegralTypes() {
     public void setUseIntegralTypes(boolean useIntegralTypes) {
         this.useIntegralTypes = useIntegralTypes;
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * If the schema is hidden regardless of the specified schema pattern
+     * @param catalog
+     * @param schema
+     * @return true if no objects should be imported from the given schema
+     */
+    protected boolean isHiddenSchema(String catalog, String schema) {
+        return false;
+    }
        
 }
diff --git a/connectors/jdbc/translator-jdbc/src/main/java/org/teiid/translator/jdbc/oracle/OracleMetadataProcessor.java b/connectors/jdbc/translator-jdbc/src/main/java/org/teiid/translator/jdbc/oracle/OracleMetadataProcessor.java
index 1038325274..995bb01c6e 100644
--- a/connectors/jdbc/translator-jdbc/src/main/java/org/teiid/translator/jdbc/oracle/OracleMetadataProcessor.java
+++ b/connectors/jdbc/translator-jdbc/src/main/java/org/teiid/translator/jdbc/oracle/OracleMetadataProcessor.java
@@ -166,5 +166,10 @@ protected ResultSet executeSequenceQuery(Connection conn)
     protected String getSequenceNextSQL(String fullyQualifiedName) {
         return fullyQualifiedName + ".nextval"; //$NON-NLS-1$
     }
+    
+    @Override
+    public boolean isHiddenSchema(String catalog, String schema) {
+        return "SYS".equalsIgnoreCase(schema); //$NON-NLS-1$
+    }
 
 }
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