diff --git a/packages/gatsby-source-npm-package-search/src/gatsby-node.js b/packages/gatsby-source-npm-package-search/src/gatsby-node.js
index cbd9219491b98..7d1e7e879dae5 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-source-npm-package-search/src/gatsby-node.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-source-npm-package-search/src/gatsby-node.js
@@ -89,7 +89,11 @@ exports.sourceNodes = async (
     hits.map(async hit => {
       const parentId = createNodeId(`plugin ${hit.objectID}`)
 
-      if (!hit.readme) {
+      if (
+        !hit.readme ||
+        hit.objectID === `gatsby-plugin-gatsby-cloud` ||
+        hit.objectID === `gatsby-source-contentful`
+      ) {
         try {
           hit.readme = (
             await got.get(