diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4beb5d5db8..80f8cffca7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- [#2223](https://github.com/plotly/dash/pull/2223) Exclude hidden folders when building `dash.page_registry`.
 - [#2182](https://github.com/plotly/dash/pull/2182) Fix [#2172](https://github.com/plotly/dash/issues/2172)  Make it so that when using pages, if `suppress_callback_exceptions=True` the `validation_layout` is not set.
 - [#2152](https://github.com/plotly/dash/pull/2152) Fix bug [#2128](https://github.com/plotly/dash/issues/2128) preventing rendering of multiple components inside a dictionary.
 - [#2187](https://github.com/plotly/dash/pull/2187) Fix confusing error message when trying to use pytest fixtures but `dash[testing]` is not installed.
diff --git a/dash/dash.py b/dash/dash.py
index 8fbda5df82..b51e804220 100644
--- a/dash/dash.py
+++ b/dash/dash.py
@@ -1963,7 +1963,10 @@ def verify_url_part(served_part, url_part, part_name):
     def _import_layouts_from_pages(self):
         walk_dir = self.config.pages_folder
 
-        for (root, _, files) in os.walk(walk_dir):
+        for (root, dirs, files) in os.walk(walk_dir):
+            dirs[:] = [
+                d for d in dirs if not d.startswith(".") and not d.startswith("_")
+            ]
             for file in files:
                 if (
                     file.startswith("_")
diff --git a/tests/integration/multi_page/pages/.no_import/no_import.py b/tests/integration/multi_page/pages/.no_import/no_import.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..25211d3054
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/multi_page/pages/.no_import/no_import.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from dash import register_page
+
+register_page(__name__)
+
+raise Exception("files in directories starting with . should not be imported")
diff --git a/tests/integration/multi_page/pages/_no_import.py b/tests/integration/multi_page/pages/_no_import.py
index 5877f359ad..5a2610e5d2 100644
--- a/tests/integration/multi_page/pages/_no_import.py
+++ b/tests/integration/multi_page/pages/_no_import.py
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
+from dash import register_page
+
+register_page(__name__)
+
 raise Exception("files starting with _ should not be imported")