diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 20ab3f4..65fb6fc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ test_local :
 
 ## update_site : Build the GitHub pages site
 update_site :
-	rsync -a --exclude='.git/' --exclude='.gitignore' ../workshops/ ../${site_repo}/
+	rsync -a --exclude='.git/' --exclude='.gitignore' \
+		--exclude='lessons/rplotting/' ../workshops/ ../${site_repo}/
 	./knitpost.R
 
 ## clean_dir   : Clean up left over files from updated website
diff --git a/knitpost.R b/knitpost.R
index 29bb7af..f8e5dc5 100755
--- a/knitpost.R
+++ b/knitpost.R
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ KnitPost <- function(input, outfile, base.url = '/') {
     knitr::opts_knit$set(base.url = base.url)
     knitr::opts_chunk$set(fig.path = '/lessons/images/',
                           collapse = TRUE)
-    knitr::render_jekyll()
     knitr::knit(input, outfile, envir = parent.frame())
     txt <- sub('^published: false', 'published: true',
                readLines(outfile))