diff --git a/material/plugins/blog/plugin.py b/material/plugins/blog/plugin.py
index 634c57f2f93..4f4d9c69c4f 100644
--- a/material/plugins/blog/plugin.py
+++ b/material/plugins/blog/plugin.py
@@ -134,10 +134,6 @@ def on_files(self, files, *, config):
             reverse = True
         )
 
-        # Temporarily remove posts from navigation
-        for post in self.blog.posts:
-            post.file.inclusion = InclusionLevel.EXCLUDED
-
         # Generate views for archive
         if self.config.archive:
             views = self._generate_archive(config, files)
@@ -460,6 +456,9 @@ def _resolve_posts(self, files: Files, config: MkDocsConfig):
             if not file.src_path.startswith(path):
                 continue
 
+            # Temporarily remove post from navigation
+            file.inclusion = InclusionLevel.EXCLUDED
+
             # Resolve post - in order to determine whether a post should be
             # excluded, we must load it and analyze its metadata. All posts
             # marked as drafts are excluded, except for when the author has
diff --git a/src/plugins/blog/plugin.py b/src/plugins/blog/plugin.py
index 634c57f2f93..4f4d9c69c4f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/blog/plugin.py
+++ b/src/plugins/blog/plugin.py
@@ -134,10 +134,6 @@ def on_files(self, files, *, config):
             reverse = True
         )
 
-        # Temporarily remove posts from navigation
-        for post in self.blog.posts:
-            post.file.inclusion = InclusionLevel.EXCLUDED
-
         # Generate views for archive
         if self.config.archive:
             views = self._generate_archive(config, files)
@@ -460,6 +456,9 @@ def _resolve_posts(self, files: Files, config: MkDocsConfig):
             if not file.src_path.startswith(path):
                 continue
 
+            # Temporarily remove post from navigation
+            file.inclusion = InclusionLevel.EXCLUDED
+
             # Resolve post - in order to determine whether a post should be
             # excluded, we must load it and analyze its metadata. All posts
             # marked as drafts are excluded, except for when the author has