diff --git a/.github/scripts/prep_api_docs_build.py b/.github/scripts/prep_api_docs_build.py
index ca351097e78..e6189931e75 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/prep_api_docs_build.py
+++ b/.github/scripts/prep_api_docs_build.py
@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@ def move_libraries(packages: list) -> None:
             print(f"Error moving {source_dir} to {target_dir}: {e}")
 
 
-OUTSIDE_REPOS = ["tavily-ai/langchain-tavily"]
-
-
 def main():
     """Main function to orchestrate the library sync process."""
     try:
@@ -72,7 +69,7 @@ def main():
         clean_target_directories([
             p
             for p in package_yaml["packages"]
-            if (p["repo"].startswith("langchain-ai/") or p["repo"] in OUTSIDE_REPOS)
+            if (p["repo"].startswith("langchain-ai/") or p.get("include_in_api_ref"))
             and p["repo"] != "langchain-ai/langchain"
         ])
 
@@ -81,7 +78,7 @@ def main():
             p
             for p in package_yaml["packages"]
             if not p.get("disabled", False)
-            and (p["repo"].startswith("langchain-ai/") or p["repo"] in OUTSIDE_REPOS)
+            and (p["repo"].startswith("langchain-ai/") or p.get("include_in_api_ref"))
             and p["repo"] != "langchain-ai/langchain"
         ])
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/api_doc_build.yml b/.github/workflows/api_doc_build.yml
index bcafacc01a5..33ae1f3bb26 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/api_doc_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/api_doc_build.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,16 @@ jobs:
         id: get-unsorted-repos
         uses: mikefarah/yq@master
         with:
-          cmd: yq '.packages[].repo' langchain/libs/packages.yml
+          cmd: |
+            yq '
+              .packages[]
+              | select(
+                  (.repo | test("^langchain-ai/"))  # in org
+                  or
+                  (.include_in_api_ref // false)    # explicit flag
+                )
+              | .repo
+            ' langchain/libs/packages.yml
 
       - name: Parse YAML and checkout repos
         env:
@@ -38,14 +47,9 @@ jobs:
           
           # Checkout each unique repository that is in langchain-ai org
           for repo in $REPOS; do
-            if {
-              [[ "$repo" != "langchain-ai/langchain" ]] &&
-              [[ "$repo" == langchain-ai/* ]]
-            } || [[ "$repo" == "tavily-ai/langchain-tavily" ]]; then
-              REPO_NAME=$(echo $repo | cut -d'/' -f2)
-              echo "Checking out $repo to $REPO_NAME"
-              git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/$repo.git $REPO_NAME
-            fi
+            REPO_NAME=$(echo $repo | cut -d'/' -f2)
+            echo "Checking out $repo to $REPO_NAME"
+            git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/$repo.git $REPO_NAME
           done
 
       - name: Setup python ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
diff --git a/libs/packages.yml b/libs/packages.yml
index 3cd62340acc..50418c59ef3 100644
--- a/libs/packages.yml
+++ b/libs/packages.yml
@@ -549,6 +549,7 @@ packages:
 - name: langchain-tavily
   path: .
   repo: tavily-ai/langchain-tavily
+  include_in_api_ref: true
   downloads: 13796
   downloads_updated_at: '2025-04-22T15:25:24.644345+00:00'
 - name: langchain-zotero-retriever