diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index ef8715c0..8ad8d9f8 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ theme:
     giscus_prefixes: blog/
     giscus_category_name: npe.cm comments
     giscus_category_id: MDE4OkRpc2N1c3Npb25DYXRlZ29yeTMyMjI3Mzg=
+    exclude_via_robots: |
+      /projects/pending/
+      /projects/templates/
 plugins:
   - blog:
       blog_dir: blog
@@ -136,11 +139,6 @@ extra:
     - icon: custom/fioritracker
       link: https://fioritracker.org/?ref=npe
 
-# Exclude pages from being added, keep in serve mode
-draft_docs: |
-  /projects/pending/
-  /projects/templates/
-
 # Explicitly confirm there is awareness of files not in nav
 not_in_nav: |
   /index.md