diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 1e3fbd4..83b9c9a 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ repos:
   rev: e46548040dd6afa0b8204151d7ed988d96252a4b  # frozen: v1
   hooks:
   - id: docs-api-reference
-    args: [--package-dir, dic2owl/dic2owl]
+    args:
+    - --package-dir=dic2owl/dic2owl
+    - --unwanted-file=__init__.py
+    - --unwanted-file=_utils.py
   - id: docs-landing-page
     args:
     - --replacement=(LICENSE),(LICENSE.md)
diff --git a/docs/api_reference/_utils.md b/docs/api_reference/_utils.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 8eb0240..0000000
--- a/docs/api_reference/_utils.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# _utils
-
-::: dic2owl._utils