diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7431bca54d..f491347f10 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 ## [UNRELEASED]
 
 ### Fixed
-
+- [#2102](https://github.com/plotly/dash/pull/2102) Fix bug as reported in [dash-labs #113](https://github.com/plotly/dash-labs/issues/113) where files starting with `.` were not excluded when building `dash.page_registry`.
 - [#2098](https://github.com/plotly/dash/pull/2098) Accept HTTP code 400 as well as 401 for JWT expiry
 - [#2097](https://github.com/plotly/dash/pull/2097) Fix bug [#2095](https://github.com/plotly/dash/issues/2095) with TypeScript compiler and `React.FC` empty valueDeclaration error & support empty props components.
 
diff --git a/dash/_pages.py b/dash/_pages.py
index b3002662ca..bf09dd2a4c 100644
--- a/dash/_pages.py
+++ b/dash/_pages.py
@@ -199,9 +199,7 @@ def register_page(
         APNG, AVIF, GIF, JPEG, JPG, PNG, SVG, WebP.
 
     -  `image_url`:
-       This will use the exact image url provided when sharing on social media.
-       This is appealing when the image you want to share is hosted on a CDN.
-       Using this attribute overrides the image attribute.
+       Overrides the image property and sets the `<image>` meta tag to the provided image URL.
 
     - `redirect_from`:
        A list of paths that should redirect to this page.
diff --git a/dash/dash.py b/dash/dash.py
index fb72aeadb2..b0c597ec1a 100644
--- a/dash/dash.py
+++ b/dash/dash.py
@@ -2167,7 +2167,11 @@ def _import_layouts_from_pages(self):
 
         for (root, _, files) in os.walk(walk_dir):
             for file in files:
-                if file.startswith("_") or not file.endswith(".py"):
+                if (
+                    file.startswith("_")
+                    or file.startswith(".")
+                    or not file.endswith(".py")
+                ):
                     continue
                 with open(os.path.join(root, file), encoding="utf-8") as f:
                     content = f.read()
diff --git a/tests/integration/multi_page/pages/.no_import.py b/tests/integration/multi_page/pages/.no_import.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..22353e85d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/multi_page/pages/.no_import.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+raise Exception("files starting with . should not be imported")
diff --git a/tests/integration/multi_page/pages/_no_import.py b/tests/integration/multi_page/pages/_no_import.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5877f359ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/multi_page/pages/_no_import.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+raise Exception("files starting with _ should not be imported")
diff --git a/usage-pages/pages_error/__init__.py b/usage-pages/pages_error/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/usage-pages/pages_error/page1.py b/usage-pages/pages_error/page1.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 16c810063c..0000000000
--- a/usage-pages/pages_error/page1.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-import dash
-
-
-dash.register_page(__name__)
-
-# page with no layout