diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/build.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/build.gradle
index cf339919c021..fd16990ac1f6 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/build.gradle
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ task aggregatedJavadoc(type: Javadoc) {
 		Set<Project> publishedProjects = rootProject.subprojects.findAll { it != project}
 			.findAll { it.plugins.hasPlugin(JavaPlugin) && it.plugins.hasPlugin(MavenPublishPlugin) }
 			.findAll { !excludedProjects.contains(it.name) }
+			.findAll { !it.name.startsWith('spring-boot-starter') }
 		dependsOn publishedProjects.javadoc
 		source publishedProjects.javadoc.source
 		classpath = project.files(publishedProjects.javadoc.classpath)