diff --git a/Makefile.sphinx b/Makefile.sphinx
index dd500dbe25b1d7841edb0fe0605eaa431cb574c3..03b277ef8dfea85466e4613f53f8417327522fde 100644
--- a/Makefile.sphinx
+++ b/Makefile.sphinx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SPHINX_SRCDIR = .
 # relative to docs/ dir. Hence "." exclude the docs/ dir itself
 APIDOC_EXCLUDES = conftest.py setup.py
 APIDOC_EXCLUDES += */tests/* */migrations/* */wsgi.py */conftest.py
-APIDOC_EXCLUDES += */deposit/settings/* */web/settings/* */dataset/*
+APIDOC_EXCLUDES += */deposit/settings/* */web/settings/*
 APIDOC_EXCLUDES += bin build dist utils node_modules
 APIDOC_SWH_EXCLUDES = $(patsubst %,"../%",$(APIDOC_EXCLUDES))
 
diff --git a/docs/devel/Makefile b/docs/devel/Makefile
index 761f278704e97f9c70eed7a9edce58a20ab1ed04..1c429f7b29c5e3cc42274217d767baa4e0036ed5 100644
--- a/docs/devel/Makefile
+++ b/docs/devel/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SPHINXAPIDOC = sphinx-apidoc
 APIDOC_DIR = apidoc
 APIDOC_OPTS = --ext-viewcode --separate --no-toc
 APIDOC_EXCLUDES = */tests */migrations */wsgi.py */conftest.py */setup.py
-APIDOC_EXCLUDES += deposit/settings/* web/settings/* dataset/*
+APIDOC_EXCLUDES += deposit/settings/* web/settings/*
 APIDOC_SWH_EXCLUDES = $(patsubst %,"$(SWHPKGDIR)/%",$(APIDOC_EXCLUDES))
 
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