diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3234d40c..8a47c9ba 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
   "scripts": {
     "start": "bundle exec middleman server",
     "postinstall": "npm run build:sassdoc && npm run build:sassdocv5 && npm run build:sassdocv4",
-    "build:sassdoc": "sassdoc --no-update-notifier --parse node_modules/govuk-frontend/dist/govuk/ > data/sassdoc.json",
-    "build:sassdocv5": "sassdoc --no-update-notifier --parse node_modules/govuk-frontend-v5/dist/govuk/ > data/sassdoc-v5.json",
-    "build:sassdocv4": "sassdoc --no-update-notifier --parse node_modules/govuk-frontend-v4/govuk/ > data/sassdoc-v4.json",
+    "build:sassdoc": "sassdoc -c sassdoc.config.json --parse node_modules/govuk-frontend/dist/govuk/ > data/sassdoc.json",
+    "build:sassdocv5": "sassdoc -c sassdoc.config.json --parse node_modules/govuk-frontend-v5/dist/govuk/ > data/sassdoc-v5.json",
+    "build:sassdocv4": "sassdoc -c sassdoc.config.json --parse node_modules/govuk-frontend-v4/govuk/ > data/sassdoc-v4.json",
     "lint": "standard",
     "check-links": "hyperlink --canonicalroot https://frontend.design-system.service.gov.uk --internal --recursive build/index.html --skip 'property=\"og:image\"' --skip 'application.js' | tee check-links.log | tap-mocha-reporter min"
   },
diff --git a/sassdoc.config.json b/sassdoc.config.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e6391941
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sassdoc.config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "exclude": ["**/*.import.scss"],
+  "no-update-notifier": true
+}
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