diff --git a/openedx_tagging/core/tagging/rest_api/v1/views.py b/openedx_tagging/core/tagging/rest_api/v1/views.py
index dd73f433..97761286 100644
--- a/openedx_tagging/core/tagging/rest_api/v1/views.py
+++ b/openedx_tagging/core/tagging/rest_api/v1/views.py
@@ -799,6 +799,9 @@ def get_serializer_context(self):
         context['request'] = self.request
         serializer = self.serializer_class(self, context=context)
 
+        if getattr(self, 'swagger_fake_view', False):
+            # queryset just for schema generation metadata
+            return context
         # Instead of checking permissions for each TagData instance, we just check them once for the whole taxonomy
         # (since that's currently how our rules work). This might change if Tag-specific permissions are needed.
         taxonomy = self.get_taxonomy()
@@ -814,6 +817,9 @@ def get_queryset(self) -> TagDataQuerySet:
         """
         Builds and returns the queryset to be paginated.
         """
+        if getattr(self, 'swagger_fake_view', False):
+            # queryset just for schema generation metadata
+            return Taxonomy.objects.none()  # type: ignore[return-value]
         taxonomy = self.get_taxonomy()
         parent_tag_value = self.request.query_params.get("parent_tag", None)
         include_counts = "include_counts" in self.request.query_params