diff --git a/doc/doxygen/Doxylocal b/doc/doxygen/Doxylocal
index 85102e4d9a3da49da7a6ffffd1b0687a08522c90..adca661b45d3fb96579f4d6c0ccc346a7bffc8ab 100644
--- a/doc/doxygen/Doxylocal
+++ b/doc/doxygen/Doxylocal
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ USE_MATHJAX            = YES
 
 EXCLUDE_PATTERNS       =
 
+# exclude symbols from the standard library (cleaner dependency graphs)
+EXCLUDE_SYMBOLS        = std::*
+
 ALIASES               += "warning=\xrefitem warning \"Warning List\" \"Warning List\""
 
 # enable client side searching