diff --git a/pkg/sql/explain_bundle.go b/pkg/sql/explain_bundle.go
index f9b7b7c7eaa0..b82671fd4b7b 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/explain_bundle.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/explain_bundle.go
@@ -490,6 +490,9 @@ func (b *stmtBundleBuilder) addEnv(ctx context.Context) {
 	}
 	buf.Reset()
 
+	// TODO(#27611): when we support stats on virtual tables, we'll need to
+	// update this logic to not include virtual tables into schema.sql but still
+	// create stats files for them.
 	var tables, sequences, views []tree.TableName
 	err := b.db.Txn(ctx, func(ctx context.Context, txn *kv.Txn) error {
 		var err error
@@ -497,6 +500,7 @@ func (b *stmtBundleBuilder) addEnv(ctx context.Context) {
 			ctx, b.plan.catalog, func(ds cat.DataSource) (cat.DataSourceName, error) {
 				return b.plan.catalog.fullyQualifiedNameWithTxn(ctx, ds, txn)
 			},
+			false, /* includeVirtualTables */
 		)
 		return err
 	})
diff --git a/pkg/sql/explain_bundle_test.go b/pkg/sql/explain_bundle_test.go
index c0f4a3728001..9de78a183179 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/explain_bundle_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/explain_bundle_test.go
@@ -386,6 +386,28 @@ CREATE TABLE users(id UUID DEFAULT gen_random_uuid() PRIMARY KEY, promo_id INT R
 			base, plans, "distsql.html vec.txt vec-v.txt inflight-trace-n1.txt inflight-trace-jaeger-n1.json",
 		)
 	})
+
+	t.Run("virtual table", func(t *testing.T) {
+		rows := r.QueryStr(t, "EXPLAIN ANALYZE (DEBUG) SELECT count(*) FROM pg_catalog.pg_class;")
+		// tableName is empty since we expect that the table is not included
+		// into schema.sql.
+		var tableName string
+		contentCheck := func(name, contents string) error {
+			if name != "schema.sql" {
+				return nil
+			}
+			if strings.Contains(contents, "CREATE TABLE pg_catalog.pg_class") {
+				return errors.New("virtual tables should be omitted from schema.sql")
+			}
+			return nil
+		}
+		checkBundle(
+			t, fmt.Sprint(rows), tableName, contentCheck, false, /* expectErrors */
+			// Note that the list of files doesn't include stats for the virtual
+			// table - this will probably change when #27611 is addressed.
+			base, plans, "distsql.html vec.txt vec-v.txt",
+		)
+	})
 }
 
 // checkBundle searches text strings for a bundle URL and then verifies that the
diff --git a/pkg/sql/opt/exec/execbuilder/relational.go b/pkg/sql/opt/exec/execbuilder/relational.go
index 2f76a03b5073..1c7008bb302e 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/opt/exec/execbuilder/relational.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/opt/exec/execbuilder/relational.go
@@ -3628,6 +3628,7 @@ func (b *Builder) getEnvData() (exec.ExplainEnvData, error) {
 		func(ds cat.DataSource) (cat.DataSourceName, error) {
 			return b.catalog.FullyQualifiedName(context.TODO(), ds)
 		},
+		true, /* includeVirtualTables */
 	)
 	return envOpts, err
 }
diff --git a/pkg/sql/opt/metadata.go b/pkg/sql/opt/metadata.go
index 744d5c94379e..26f023dfa99d 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/opt/metadata.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/opt/metadata.go
@@ -987,11 +987,13 @@ func (md *Metadata) getAllReferencedTables(
 // AllDataSourceNames returns the fully qualified names of all datasources
 // referenced by the metadata. This includes all tables, sequences, and views
 // that are directly stored in the metadata, as well as tables that are
-// recursively referenced from foreign keys.
+// recursively referenced from foreign keys. If includeVirtualTables is false,
+// then virtual tables are not returned.
 func (md *Metadata) AllDataSourceNames(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	catalog cat.Catalog,
 	fullyQualifiedName func(ds cat.DataSource) (cat.DataSourceName, error),
+	includeVirtualTables bool,
 ) (tables, sequences, views []tree.TableName, _ error) {
 	// Catalog objects can show up multiple times in our lists, so deduplicate
 	// them.
@@ -1014,6 +1016,17 @@ func (md *Metadata) AllDataSourceNames(
 	}
 	var err error
 	refTables := md.getAllReferencedTables(ctx, catalog)
+	if !includeVirtualTables {
+		// Update refTables in-place to remove all virtual tables.
+		i := 0
+		for j := 0; j < len(refTables); j++ {
+			if t, ok := refTables[j].(cat.Table); !ok || !t.IsVirtualTable() {
+				refTables[i] = refTables[j]
+				i++
+			}
+		}
+		refTables = refTables[:i]
+	}
 	tables, err = getNames(len(refTables), func(i int) cat.DataSource {
 		return refTables[i]
 	})