diff --git a/doxygen/mbedtls.doxyfile b/doxygen/mbedtls.doxyfile
index 0e148af3e..d5b3abe75 100644
--- a/doxygen/mbedtls.doxyfile
+++ b/doxygen/mbedtls.doxyfile
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ RECURSIVE              = YES
 # Note that relative paths are relative to the directory from which doxygen is
 # run.
 
-EXCLUDE                = configs yotta/module
+EXCLUDE                = ../configs ../yotta/module
 
 # The EXCLUDE_SYMLINKS tag can be used to select whether or not files or
 # directories that are symbolic links (a Unix file system feature) are excluded