diff --git a/src/bonsai/docs/conf.py b/src/bonsai/docs/conf.py
index fa32359095..de93f18f4b 100644
--- a/src/bonsai/docs/conf.py
+++ b/src/bonsai/docs/conf.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ templates_path = ["_templates"]
 # List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
 # directories to ignore when looking for source files.
 # This pattern also affects html_static_path and html_extra_path.
-exclude_patterns = ["_build", "Thumbs.db", ".DS_Store"]
+exclude_patterns = ["_build", "Thumbs.db", ".DS_Store", ".venv"]
 
 
 # -- Options for HTML output -------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/docs/conf.py b/src/ifcopenshell-python/docs/conf.py
index 4f78f70386..12311f465e 100644
--- a/src/ifcopenshell-python/docs/conf.py
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/docs/conf.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ templates_path = ["_templates"]
 # List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
 # directories to ignore when looking for source files.
 # This pattern also affects html_static_path and html_extra_path.
-exclude_patterns = ["_build", "Thumbs.db", ".DS_Store"]
+exclude_patterns = ["_build", "Thumbs.db", ".DS_Store", ".venv"]
 
 
 # -- Options for HTML output -------------------------------------------------