diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/models/alert_rule.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/models/alert_rule.go
index 6bf3c088421..12fde52f4c6 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/models/alert_rule.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/models/alert_rule.go
@@ -113,6 +113,13 @@ type AlertRule struct {
 	Labels      map[string]string
 }
 
+type SchedulableAlertRule struct {
+	UID             string `xorm:"uid"`
+	OrgID           int64  `xorm:"org_id"`
+	IntervalSeconds int64
+	Version         int64
+}
+
 type LabelOption func(map[string]string)
 
 func WithoutInternalLabels() LabelOption {
@@ -169,6 +176,11 @@ func (alertRule *AlertRule) GetKey() AlertRuleKey {
 	return AlertRuleKey{OrgID: alertRule.OrgID, UID: alertRule.UID}
 }
 
+// GetKey returns the alert definitions identifier
+func (alertRule *SchedulableAlertRule) GetKey() AlertRuleKey {
+	return AlertRuleKey{OrgID: alertRule.OrgID, UID: alertRule.UID}
+}
+
 // PreSave sets default values and loads the updated model for each alert query.
 func (alertRule *AlertRule) PreSave(timeNow func() time.Time) error {
 	for i, q := range alertRule.Data {
@@ -242,6 +254,12 @@ type ListAlertRulesQuery struct {
 	Result []*AlertRule
 }
 
+type GetAlertRulesForSchedulingQuery struct {
+	ExcludeOrgIDs []int64
+
+	Result []*SchedulableAlertRule
+}
+
 // ListNamespaceAlertRulesQuery is the query for listing namespace alert rules
 type ListNamespaceAlertRulesQuery struct {
 	OrgID int64
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/schedule/fetcher.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/schedule/fetcher.go
index 9f20f4ac23d..7a2cf1d55b8 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/schedule/fetcher.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/schedule/fetcher.go
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/ngalert/models"
 )
 
-func (sch *schedule) getAlertRules(ctx context.Context, disabledOrgs []int64) []*models.AlertRule {
+func (sch *schedule) getAlertRules(ctx context.Context, disabledOrgs []int64) []*models.SchedulableAlertRule {
 	start := time.Now()
 	defer func() {
 		sch.metrics.GetAlertRulesDuration.Observe(time.Since(start).Seconds())
 	}()
 
-	q := models.ListAlertRulesQuery{
-		ExcludeOrgs: disabledOrgs,
+	q := models.GetAlertRulesForSchedulingQuery{
+		ExcludeOrgIDs: disabledOrgs,
 	}
 	err := sch.ruleStore.GetAlertRulesForScheduling(ctx, &q)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/store/alert_rule.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/store/alert_rule.go
index bc6a0f97c00..0402942bc8e 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/store/alert_rule.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/store/alert_rule.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ type RuleStore interface {
 	DeleteAlertRulesByUID(ctx context.Context, orgID int64, ruleUID ...string) error
 	DeleteAlertInstancesByRuleUID(ctx context.Context, orgID int64, ruleUID string) error
 	GetAlertRuleByUID(ctx context.Context, query *ngmodels.GetAlertRuleByUIDQuery) error
-	GetAlertRulesForScheduling(ctx context.Context, query *ngmodels.ListAlertRulesQuery) error
+	GetAlertRulesForScheduling(ctx context.Context, query *ngmodels.GetAlertRulesForSchedulingQuery) error
 	ListAlertRules(ctx context.Context, query *ngmodels.ListAlertRulesQuery) error
 	// GetRuleGroups returns the unique rule groups across all organizations.
 	GetRuleGroups(ctx context.Context, query *ngmodels.ListRuleGroupsQuery) error
@@ -344,16 +344,19 @@ func (st DBstore) GetNamespaceByTitle(ctx context.Context, namespace string, org
 	return folder, nil
 }
 
-// GetAlertRulesForScheduling returns alert rule info (identifier, interval, version state)
-// that is useful for it's scheduling.
-func (st DBstore) GetAlertRulesForScheduling(ctx context.Context, query *ngmodels.ListAlertRulesQuery) error {
+// GetAlertRulesForScheduling returns a short version of all alert rules except those that belong to an excluded list of organizations
+func (st DBstore) GetAlertRulesForScheduling(ctx context.Context, query *ngmodels.GetAlertRulesForSchedulingQuery) error {
 	return st.SQLStore.WithDbSession(ctx, func(sess *sqlstore.DBSession) error {
-		alerts := make([]*ngmodels.AlertRule, 0)
-		q := "SELECT uid, org_id, interval_seconds, version FROM alert_rule"
-		if len(query.ExcludeOrgs) > 0 {
-			q = fmt.Sprintf("%s WHERE org_id NOT IN (%s)", q, strings.Join(strings.Split(strings.Trim(fmt.Sprint(query.ExcludeOrgs), "[]"), " "), ","))
+		alerts := make([]*ngmodels.SchedulableAlertRule, 0)
+		q := sess.Table("alert_rule")
+		if len(query.ExcludeOrgIDs) > 0 {
+			excludeOrgs := make([]interface{}, 0, len(query.ExcludeOrgIDs))
+			for _, orgID := range query.ExcludeOrgIDs {
+				excludeOrgs = append(excludeOrgs, orgID)
+			}
+			q = q.NotIn("org_id", excludeOrgs...)
 		}
-		if err := sess.SQL(q).Find(&alerts); err != nil {
+		if err := q.Find(&alerts); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		query.Result = alerts
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/store/testing.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/store/testing.go
index 1a3af60bc30..a6cad95bcfb 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/store/testing.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/store/testing.go
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func (f *FakeRuleStore) GetAlertRuleByUID(_ context.Context, q *models.GetAlertR
 }
 
 // For now, we're not implementing namespace filtering.
-func (f *FakeRuleStore) GetAlertRulesForScheduling(_ context.Context, q *models.ListAlertRulesQuery) error {
+func (f *FakeRuleStore) GetAlertRulesForScheduling(_ context.Context, q *models.GetAlertRulesForSchedulingQuery) error {
 	f.mtx.Lock()
 	defer f.mtx.Unlock()
 	f.RecordedOps = append(f.RecordedOps, *q)
@@ -161,7 +161,14 @@ func (f *FakeRuleStore) GetAlertRulesForScheduling(_ context.Context, q *models.
 		return err
 	}
 	for _, rules := range f.Rules {
-		q.Result = append(q.Result, rules...)
+		for _, rule := range rules {
+			q.Result = append(q.Result, &models.SchedulableAlertRule{
+				UID:             rule.UID,
+				OrgID:           rule.OrgID,
+				IntervalSeconds: rule.IntervalSeconds,
+				Version:         rule.Version,
+			})
+		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }