diff --git a/layouts/robots.txt b/layouts/robots.txt
index 769d069a8d7..449f2c85a6b 100644
--- a/layouts/robots.txt
+++ b/layouts/robots.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 User-agent: *
-Disallow: {{ if ne (getenv "HUGO_ENV") "production" }}/{{ end }}
 
+{{ if ne (getenv "HUGO_ENV") "production" }}
+Disallow: /
+{{ end }}
+
+{{ range .Pages }}
+{{ if in .Dir "rancher/v2.x" }}
+Disallow: {{ .RelPermalink }}
+{{end}}
+{{ end }}
 Sitemap: https://rancher.com/sitemap.xml