diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 07fb496a..da83c3c8 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ theme:
 # Plugins
 plugins:
   - blog
+  - exclude:
+      glob:
+        - api_reference/src/*
   - rss:
       match_path: blog/posts/.*
       date_from_meta:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0392e2c0..7651936c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ identify
 mkdocs-material
 mkdocs-rss-plugin
 mkdocs-material[imaging]
+mkdocs-exclude
 mike