diff --git a/transforms/csdl/preprocess_csdl.xsl b/transforms/csdl/preprocess_csdl.xsl
index fe1656e86..13eed36f4 100644
--- a/transforms/csdl/preprocess_csdl.xsl
+++ b/transforms/csdl/preprocess_csdl.xsl
@@ -478,6 +478,8 @@
             </Annotation>
         </xsl:copy>
     </xsl:template>
+    <!-- Remove the appRoleAssignments entityset as it is not directly queriable from the root path -->
+    <xsl:template match="edm:Schema[@Namespace='microsoft.graph']/edm:EntityContainer[@Name='GraphService']/edm:EntitySet[@Name='appRoleAssignments']"/>
     <xsl:template match="edm:Schema[@Namespace='microsoft.graph.ediscovery']/edm:EntityType[@Name='case']/edm:NavigationProperty[@Name='operations']">
         <xsl:copy>
             <xsl:copy-of select="@* | node()" />
diff --git a/transforms/csdl/preprocess_csdl_test_input.xml b/transforms/csdl/preprocess_csdl_test_input.xml
index 4ba083b10..a614feb9b 100644
--- a/transforms/csdl/preprocess_csdl_test_input.xml
+++ b/transforms/csdl/preprocess_csdl_test_input.xml
@@ -460,6 +460,7 @@
               <EntitySet Name="groups" EntityType="microsoft.graph.group" />
               <EntitySet Name="servicePrincipals" EntityType="microsoft.graph.servicePrincipal" />
               <EntitySet Name="directoryObjects" EntityType="microsoft.graph.directoryObject" />
+              <EntitySet Name="appRoleAssignments" EntityType="microsoft.graph.directoryObject" />
               <EntitySet Name="places" EntityType="microsoft.graph.place" />
             </EntityContainer>
             <Function Name="delta" IsBound="true">