diff --git a/keras/api/api_gen.bzl b/keras/api/api_gen.bzl
index 9191ea4f758..aa05b0727a8 100644
--- a/keras/api/api_gen.bzl
+++ b/keras/api/api_gen.bzl
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def gen_api_init_files(
         compat_init_template_flags += (
             " --compat_init_template=$(location %s)" % compat_init_template
         )
-    packages_to_ignore = ""
+    packages_to_ignore = "third_party.tensorflow.python.keras"
     native.genrule(
         name = name,
         outs = all_output_files,