diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 45df16f9f7..357841ceed 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,19 @@ incremental: true
 permalink: pretty
 safe: false
 lsi: false
-exclude: ["_samples", "_scripts", "404.html", "datacenter", "ee", "index.html", "js/metadata.json"]
+
+exclude:
+  - _samples
+  - _scripts
+  - 404.html
+  - datacenter
+  - docker-bake.hcl
+  - ee
+  - index.html
+  - js/metadata.json
+  - LICENSE
+  - Makefile
+  - README.md
 
 # Component versions -- address like site.docker_ce_version
 # You can't have - characters in these for non-YAML reasons
diff --git a/_config_production.yml b/_config_production.yml
index cb30780092..244f04127c 100644
--- a/_config_production.yml
+++ b/_config_production.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,14 @@
 # Override the exclusion list to include files that are excluded in "development",
 # such as the "enterprise" stubs, which are in place to facilitate redirects
 # to Mirantis.
-exclude: ["_scripts", "404.html", "index.html"]
+exclude:
+  - _scripts
+  - 404.html
+  - docker-bake.hcl
+  - index.html
+  - LICENSE
+  - Makefile
+  - README.md
 
 # Google Analytics, etc.
 google_analytics: GTM-WL2QLG5