diff --git a/adev/shared-docs/utils/BUILD.bazel b/adev/shared-docs/utils/BUILD.bazel
index 2e3c29dafb1..744090010e3 100644
--- a/adev/shared-docs/utils/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/adev/shared-docs/utils/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-load("//adev/shared-docs:defaults.bzl", "ts_project")
+load("//adev/shared-docs:defaults.bzl", "ts_project", "zoneless_web_test_suite")
 
 package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:private"])
 
@@ -21,3 +21,20 @@ ts_project(
         "//adev/shared-docs/providers",
     ],
 )
+
+ts_project(
+    name = "test_lib",
+    testonly = True,
+    srcs = glob(
+        ["*.spec.ts"],
+    ),
+    deps = [
+        ":utils",
+        "//adev/shared-docs/interfaces",
+    ],
+)
+
+zoneless_web_test_suite(
+    name = "test",
+    deps = [":test_lib"],
+)
diff --git a/adev/shared-docs/utils/navigation.utils.spec.ts b/adev/shared-docs/utils/navigation.utils.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..773ab4b585c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adev/shared-docs/utils/navigation.utils.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*!
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google LLC All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.dev/license
+ */
+
+import {NavigationItem} from '../interfaces/index';
+import {isExternalLink, mapNavigationItemsToRoutes} from './navigation.utils';
+
+describe('navigation.utils', () => {
+  describe('isExternalLink', () => {
+    it('should return true for http and https links', () => {
+      expect(isExternalLink('http://example.com')).toBeTrue();
+      expect(isExternalLink('https://example.com')).toBeTrue();
+      expect(isExternalLink('https://github.com/angular/angularfire#readme')).toBeTrue();
+    });
+
+    it('should return false for internal relative or absolute paths', () => {
+      expect(isExternalLink('guide/signals')).toBeFalse();
+      expect(isExternalLink('/guide/signals')).toBeFalse();
+      expect(isExternalLink('overview')).toBeFalse();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('mapNavigationItemsToRoutes', () => {
+    it('should map internal navigation items to routes and ignore external links', () => {
+      const items: NavigationItem[] = [
+        {
+          label: 'Overview',
+          path: 'overview',
+        },
+        {
+          label: 'AngularFire',
+          path: 'https://github.com/angular/angularfire#readme',
+        },
+        {
+          label: 'Google Maps',
+          path: 'https://github.com/angular/components/tree/main/src/google-maps#readme',
+        },
+        {
+          label: 'Guide',
+          path: 'guide/components',
+        },
+      ];
+
+      const routes = mapNavigationItemsToRoutes(items, {});
+
+      expect(routes.length).toBe(2);
+      expect(routes.map((r) => r.path)).toEqual(['overview', 'guide/components']);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/adev/shared-docs/utils/navigation.utils.ts b/adev/shared-docs/utils/navigation.utils.ts
index 17eb62f5c5a..72ba93fb2eb 100644
--- a/adev/shared-docs/utils/navigation.utils.ts
+++ b/adev/shared-docs/utils/navigation.utils.ts
@@ -96,7 +96,10 @@ export const mapNavigationItemsToRoutes = (
   additionalRouteProperties: Partial<Route>,
 ): Route[] =>
   navigationItems
-    .filter((route): route is NavigationItem & {path: string} => Boolean(route.path))
+    .filter(
+      (route): route is NavigationItem & {path: string} =>
+        Boolean(route.path) && !isExternalLink(route.path!),
+    )
     .map((navigationItem) => {
       const route = {
         path: navigationItem.path,