diff --git a/oeps/conf.py b/oeps/conf.py
index eb974d820..484be7485 100644
--- a/oeps/conf.py
+++ b/oeps/conf.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 # List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
 # directories to ignore when looking for source files.
 # This patterns also effect to html_static_path and html_extra_path
-exclude_patterns = ['_build', 'Thumbs.db', '.DS_Store']
+exclude_patterns = ['_build', 'Thumbs.db', '.DS_Store', 'README.rst']
 
 # The reST default role (used for this markup: `text`) to use for all
 # documents.