diff --git a/files/ftp-export/genome_coordinates/known-coordinates.sql b/files/ftp-export/genome_coordinates/known-coordinates.sql
index bdbef5bc3..6e06fc488 100644
--- a/files/ftp-export/genome_coordinates/known-coordinates.sql
+++ b/files/ftp-export/genome_coordinates/known-coordinates.sql
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ select distinct
   assembly.ensembl_url,
   assembly.taxid
 from ensembl_assembly assembly
+where assembly.selected_genome = true
 ) TO STDOUT CSV
diff --git a/files/genes/species.sql b/files/genes/species.sql
index c6383d65d..3b3337912 100644
--- a/files/genes/species.sql
+++ b/files/genes/species.sql
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ COPY (
   select
     distinct assembly_id, taxid
   from ensembl_assembly
+  where selected_genome = true
 ) TO STDOUT CSV
diff --git a/files/genome-mapping/find_species.sql b/files/genome-mapping/find_species.sql
index c87f6e67d..7c8476ba8 100644
--- a/files/genome-mapping/find_species.sql
+++ b/files/genome-mapping/find_species.sql
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ COPY (
   FROM ensembl_assembly
   WHERE
     division NOT IN ('EnsemblProtists', 'EnsemblFungi')
+    AND selected_genome = true
 ) TO STDOUT CSV;
diff --git a/files/import-data/post-release/001__coordinate-systems.sql b/files/import-data/post-release/001__coordinate-systems.sql
index fd5d7dd6e..95546630a 100644
--- a/files/import-data/post-release/001__coordinate-systems.sql
+++ b/files/import-data/post-release/001__coordinate-systems.sql
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ SELECT
   load.karyotype_rank
 FROM load_coordinate_info load
 JOIN ensembl_assembly ensembl ON ensembl.assembly_id = load.assembly_id
+WHERE ensembl.selected_genome = true
 )
 ON CONFLICT (chromosome, assembly_id) DO UPDATE
 SET
diff --git a/files/import-data/post-release/001__ensembl-pseudogenes.sql b/files/import-data/post-release/001__ensembl-pseudogenes.sql
index 6aa064e1f..786b7a7db 100644
--- a/files/import-data/post-release/001__ensembl-pseudogenes.sql
+++ b/files/import-data/post-release/001__ensembl-pseudogenes.sql
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ from load_ensembl_pseudogenes load
 join ensembl_assembly assem
 on
   assem.assembly_id = load.assembly_id
+where assem.selected_genome = true
 ) ON CONFLICT (md5(region_name)) DO NOTHING;
 
 INSERT INTO ensembl_pseudogene_exons (
diff --git a/files/import-data/post-release/001__locations.sql b/files/import-data/post-release/001__locations.sql
index a1d1fe72f..5252fccab 100644
--- a/files/import-data/post-release/001__locations.sql
+++ b/files/import-data/post-release/001__locations.sql
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ on
     assembly.assembly_id = load.assembly_id
 WHERE
   load.chromosome is not null
+AND
+  assembly.selected_genome = true
 ON CONFLICT (accession, name, local_start, local_end, assembly_id)
 DO NOTHING
 ;
diff --git a/files/repeats/find-assemblies.sql b/files/repeats/find-assemblies.sql
index b98f76e20..3c1f91d85 100644
--- a/files/repeats/find-assemblies.sql
+++ b/files/repeats/find-assemblies.sql
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ FROM ensembl_assembly species
 WHERE
   exists(select 1 from rnc_sequence_regions reg where reg.assembly_id = species.assembly_id)
   and species.division != 'EnsemblFungi'
+  and species.selected_genome = true
 ) TO STDOUT CSV;
-
diff --git a/workflows/databases/mirgenedb.nf b/workflows/databases/mirgenedb.nf
index 7277a017e..bd88aea98 100644
--- a/workflows/databases/mirgenedb.nf
+++ b/workflows/databases/mirgenedb.nf
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ process mirgenedb {
   """
   scp $params.databases.mirgenedb.remote mirgenedb.json
   psql \
-    --command='COPY (select assembly_id,assembly_ucsc from ensembl_assembly where assembly_ucsc is not null) TO STDOUT (FORMAT CSV)' \
+    --command='COPY (select assembly_id,assembly_ucsc from ensembl_assembly where assembly_ucsc is not null and selected_genome = true) TO STDOUT (FORMAT CSV)' \
     "$PGDATABASE" > assemblies.tsv
   rnac mirgenedb parse assemblies.tsv mirgenedb.json .
   """