diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d189e5d9..35f067d8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /api/node_modules
+/assets
 /assets.tar.gz
 /env*
 /node_modules
diff --git a/assets/icons/logo.svg b/assets-hugo/icons/logo.svg
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/icons/logo.svg
rename to assets-hugo/icons/logo.svg
diff --git a/assets/scss/_variables_project.scss b/assets-hugo/scss/_variables_project.scss
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/scss/_variables_project.scss
rename to assets-hugo/scss/_variables_project.scss
diff --git a/assets/scss/custom.scss b/assets-hugo/scss/custom.scss
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/scss/custom.scss
rename to assets-hugo/scss/custom.scss
diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
index b7f6755b..625e6fdc 100644
--- a/config.toml
+++ b/config.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ theme = ["docsy"]
 
 disableKinds = ["taxonomy", "taxonomyTerm"]
 
+# Change the default for assets, because the old Python toolchain uses "assets" for build output.
+# When the old toolchain is retired we can switch back to the default here.
+assetDir = "assets-hugo"
+
 [languages]
 [languages.en]
 title = "Matrix Specification"