diff --git a/book/_config.yml b/book/_config.yml
index 4215d43..6040201 100644
--- a/book/_config.yml
+++ b/book/_config.yml
@@ -122,9 +122,7 @@ sphinx:                                              # Options passed on to the
     git_untracked_show_sourcelink: false             # Default value (line can be removed), doesn't show source link for untracked files, configuration part of Sphinx-Last-Updated-by-Git (https://github.com/mgeier/sphinx-last-updated-by-git/)
     git_last_updated_timezone: 'Europe/Amsterdam'    # Sets local timezone for last updated date, otherwise uses local time zone of build, configuration part of Sphinx-Last-Updated-by-Git (https://github.com/mgeier/sphinx-last-updated-by-git/)
     git_last_updated_metatags: true                  # Default value (line can be removed), adds meta tags with git last updated information to the HTML head, configuration part of Sphinx-Last-Updated-by-Git (https://github.com/mgeier/sphinx-last-updated-by-git/)
-    git_exclude_patterns:                            # Exclude configuration files to *skip* in git last updated date checking, configuration part of Sphinx-Last-Updated-by-Git (https://github.com/mgeier/sphinx-last-updated-by-git/)
-      - '_config.yml'
-      - '_toc.yml'                         
+    git_exclude_patterns: []                         # Default value (line can be removed), sets a list of patterns to *skip* in git last updated date checking, configuration part of Sphinx-Last-Updated-by-Git (https://github.com/mgeier/sphinx-last-updated-by-git/)
     git_exclude_commits: []                          # Default value (line can be removed), sets a list of commit hashes to *skip* in git last updated date checking, configuration part of Sphinx-Last-Updated-by-Git (https://github.com/mgeier/sphinx-last-updated-by-git/)
     sphinx_github_alerts_backquotes: 3               # Default value (line can be removed), sets the number of backticks used to start and end the admonitions, configuration part of Sphinx-GitHub-Alerts (https://teachbooks.io/manual/_git/github.com_TeachBooks_Sphinx-GitHub-Alerts/main/README.html)
     sphinx_github_alerts_redirects: {}               # Default value (line can be removed), no redirects are set, configuration part of Sphinx-GitHub-Alerts (https://teachbooks.io/manual/_git/github.com_TeachBooks_Sphinx-GitHub-Alerts/main/README.html)