diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 0fb6aac..c1348d0 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ var Promise = require('es6-promise').Promise;
 var runQuery = function fnRunQuery(credentials, method) {
   return function queryRun(query, cb) {
     var req = query.request || request;
+
+    // Remove request property
+    query.request = undefined;
+
     var url = generateQueryString(query, method, credentials);
 
     var p = new Promise(function queryPromise(resolve, reject) {
diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index 98f40b7..1fe4532 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function formatQueryParams(query, method, credentials) {
 
   // format query keys
   for (param in query) { // eslint-disable-line no-restricted-syntax
-    if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(query, param)) {
+    if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(query, param) && query[param] !== undefined) {
       capitalized = capitalize(param);
       params[capitalized] = query[param];
     }