diff --git a/src/cmd/api/goapi.go b/src/cmd/api/goapi.go
index 982c40b085..e9c91477c6 100644
--- a/src/cmd/api/goapi.go
+++ b/src/cmd/api/goapi.go
@@ -143,6 +143,11 @@ func main() {
 		w := NewWalker(context, filepath.Join(build.Default.GOROOT, "src"))
 
 		for _, name := range pkgNames {
+			// Vendored packages do not contribute to our
+			// public API surface.
+			if strings.HasPrefix(name, "vendor/") {
+				continue
+			}
 			// - Package "unsafe" contains special signatures requiring
 			//   extra care when printing them - ignore since it is not
 			//   going to change w/o a language change.