diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8af9c1c2..b81e01ac 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ Repository = 'https://github.com/thousandbrainsproject.tbp.monty'
 Issues = 'https://github.com/thousandbrainsproject/tbp.monty/issues'
 
 [tool.deptry]
+exclude= ['venv', '\.venv', '\.direnv', '\.git', 'setup\.py']
 experimental_namespace_package = true # recognize tbp.monty as a namespace package
 ignore = ['DEP002']
 known_first_party = [
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ known_first_party = [
     'habitat_sim', # imported via conda (habitat-sim)
     'magnum', # transitive dependency bundled with habitat-sim
     'quaternion', # imported via conda (quaternion)
+    'tests',
     'tools',
     'torch', # imported via conda (pytorch)
     'torchvision', # imported via conda (torchvision)
diff --git a/tests/unit/dependencies_test.py b/tests/unit/dependencies_test.py
index 59b19def..318181c3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/dependencies_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/dependencies_test.py
@@ -15,7 +15,3 @@ def test_torch_geometric(self):
         import torch_geometric
         import torch_geometric.data
         import torch_geometric.typing  # noqa: F401
-
-    def test_torch_sparse(self):
-        import torch_sparse  # noqa: F401
-        from torch_sparse import SparseTensor  # noqa: F401
diff --git a/tools/generate_api_docs/source/conf.py b/tools/generate_api_docs/source/conf.py
index a60078e2..ebcc5542 100644
--- a/tools/generate_api_docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/tools/generate_api_docs/source/conf.py
@@ -143,21 +143,16 @@
 autodoc_member_order = "groupwise"
 autodoc_inherit_docstrings = True
 autodoc_mock_imports = [
-    "PIL",
     "gym",
     "habitat_sim",
     "magnum",
     "matplotlib",
-    "numba",
     "numpy",
     "pandas",
     "quaternion",
     "scipy",
-    "skimage",
-    "sklearn",
     "torch",
     "torch_geometric",
-    "torch_sparse",
     "torchvision",
 ]
 # If true, the current module name will be prepended to all description
@@ -180,7 +175,6 @@
     "pillow": ("https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/", None),
     "python": ("https://docs.python.org/3", None),
     "torch": ("https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/", None),
-    "torch_sparse": ("https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/", None),
     "torch_geometric": ("https://pytorch-geometric.readthedocs.io/en/latest/", None),
     "torchvision": ("https://pytorch.org/vision/stable/", None),
 }