diff --git a/docs/_theme/main.html b/docs/_theme/main.html
index 4dfc4e14e8..99907bf42f 100644
--- a/docs/_theme/main.html
+++ b/docs/_theme/main.html
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 {% block site_meta %}
   {{ super() }}
-  {# Disable search indexing unless we're building for ReadTheDocs #}
-  {% if not config.extra.readthedocs %}
+  {# Disable search indexing unless we're building for public consumption #}
+  {% if not config.extra.build_public %}
     <meta name="robots" content="noindex">
   {% endif %}
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 6f7ea7045b..cf1e66cead 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ plugins:
             show_root_toc_entry: false
             show_source: false
 extra:
-  readthedocs: !ENV READTHEDOCS
+  build_public: !ENV BUILD_PUBLIC
   social:
     - icon: fontawesome/brands/github
       link: https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox