diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index da86cbac..2ddfa5bd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "podverse-api",
-  "version": "4.14.9",
+  "version": "4.14.10",
   "description": "Data API, database migration scripts, and backend services for all Podverse models.",
   "contributors": [
     "Mitch Downey"
diff --git a/src/controllers/episode.ts b/src/controllers/episode.ts
index 32a1993a..24212990 100644
--- a/src/controllers/episode.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/episode.ts
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ const retrieveLatestChapters = async (id) => {
         const response = await request(chaptersUrl)
         const trimmedResponse = (response && response.trim()) || {}
         const parsedResponse = JSON.parse(trimmedResponse)
-        const { chapters: newChapters } = parsedResponse
+        let { chapters: newChapters } = parsedResponse
 
         if (newChapters) {
           const qb = mediaRefRepository
@@ -578,6 +578,14 @@ const retrieveLatestChapters = async (id) => {
             )
           }
 
+          // NOTE: we are temporarily removing `toc: false` chapters until we add
+          // proper UX support in our client-side applications.
+          // chapters with `toc: false` are not considered part of the "table of contents",
+          // but our client-side apps currently expect chapters to behave as a table of contents.
+          newChapters = newChapters.filter((chapter) => {
+            return chapter.toc !== false
+          })
+
           for (const newChapter of newChapters) {
             try {
               const startTime = Math.round(newChapter.startTime)