diff --git a/config/_default/params.toml b/config/_default/params.toml
index 8590fdaa..403a365d 100644
--- a/config/_default/params.toml
+++ b/config/_default/params.toml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ disableImageOptimization = false
   constrainItemsWidth = false
 
 [sitemap]
-  excludedKinds = []
+  excludedKinds = ["taxonomy", "term"]
 
 [taxonomy]
   showTermCount = true