diff --git a/server/pages-helpers.ts b/server/pages-helpers.ts
index 2d78a4f2d6..5fc4c27e10 100644
--- a/server/pages-helpers.ts
+++ b/server/pages-helpers.ts
@@ -101,8 +101,9 @@ const categoryPagePathForDir = (fs, dirPath) => {
   const innerExists = fs.existsSync(innerCategoryPage);
 
   if (outerExists && innerExists) {
-    // Docusaurus only accepts a category page within its associated directory.
-    return innerCategoryPage;
+    throw new Error(
+      `cannot generate the docs navigation sidebar due to an ambiguous category page: remove ${outerCategoryPage} and keep ${innerCategoryPage}`
+    );
   }
   if (outerExists) {
     throw new Error(
diff --git a/uvu-tests/config-docs.test.ts b/uvu-tests/config-docs.test.ts
index 7ebd2f3fd4..1df6710424 100644
--- a/uvu-tests/config-docs.test.ts
+++ b/uvu-tests/config-docs.test.ts
@@ -370,61 +370,6 @@ title: Get Started with DB RBAC
   assert.equal(actual, expected);
 });
 
-Suite(
-  "allows category pages in the same directory as the associated subdirectory",
-  () => {
-    const files = {
-      "/docs/pages/database-access/guides.mdx": `---
-title: Database Access Guides
----`,
-      "/docs/pages/database-access/guides/postgres.mdx": `---
-title: Postgres Guide
----`,
-      "/docs/pages/database-access/guides/mysql.mdx": `---
-title: MySQL Guide
----`,
-      "/docs/pages/database-access/guides/rbac.mdx": `---
-title: Database Access RBAC
----`,
-      "/docs/pages/database-access/guides/rbac/get-started.mdx": `---
-title: Get Started with DB RBAC
----`,
-    };
-
-    const expected = [
-      {
-        title: "Database Access Guides",
-        slug: "/database-access/guides/",
-        entries: [
-          {
-            title: "Database Access RBAC",
-            slug: "/database-access/guides/rbac/",
-            entries: [
-              {
-                title: "Get Started with DB RBAC",
-                slug: "/database-access/guides/rbac/get-started/",
-              },
-            ],
-          },
-          {
-            title: "MySQL Guide",
-            slug: "/database-access/guides/mysql/",
-          },
-          {
-            title: "Postgres Guide",
-            slug: "/database-access/guides/postgres/",
-          },
-        ],
-      },
-    ];
-
-    const vol = Volume.fromJSON(files);
-    const fs = createFsFromVolume(vol);
-    let actual = generateNavPaths(fs, "/docs/pages/database-access");
-    assert.equal(actual, expected);
-  }
-);
-
 Suite("generates four levels of the sidebar", () => {
   const files = {
     "/docs/pages/database-access/guides/guides.mdx": `---