diff --git a/_plugins/api.rb b/_plugins/api.rb
index 9b1d41d3c5ed3d..597b5a066c2372 100644
--- a/_plugins/api.rb
+++ b/_plugins/api.rb
@@ -279,7 +279,9 @@ def generate(site)
 
 
 Jekyll::Hooks.register :site, :post_read do |site|
-  Gtn::Hooks.by_tool(site)
+  if Jekyll.env == 'production'
+    Gtn::Hooks.by_tool(site)
+  end
 end
 
 # Basically like `PageWithoutAFile`, we just write out the ones we'd created earlier.