diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 08a5a045a..342aefa9b 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ else:
 
 # List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
 # directories to ignore when looking for source files.
-exclude_patterns = ['_build']
+exclude_patterns = ['_build', 'contracts']
 
 # The reST default role (used for this markup: `text`) to use for all
 # documents.